Dancing snowflakes

[kareina]

When I woke up and looked out the window this morning at first I couldn't tell if there had been a heavy frost or a light snow, but then I saw that the snow was still falling from the sky (but couldn't have been doing so for long, given how little had landed--besides, the sky was clear and starry when we got home last night), so I got up and dressed and went out to enjoy it. Beautiful! It kept falling for the 30 minutes I was out enjoying the forest. By the time I got back there wasn't yet 1 full centimeter of accumulation, but it is still coming down, so am hopeful that it might amount to something and stick (it has been -3 to -9 C all week, with no snow yet (other than the brief dusting we got at the beginning of the month on a day it was +3, so didn't last at all), so the ground is cold enough to keep the snow from melting, if we don't get any more bad (read: above zero C) weather. (Ok, so after all of the warm spells of last weather, which meant we never got decent, fun to play in, snow, I am a little paranoid.)

Last night was a folk dance evening--one of those gatherings that are a huge part of the reason I live in Sweden. Picture if you will, an old fashioned one-room school house, filled on one end with musicians playing violin, nyckleharpa, bass, clarinet, and even tuba, and the rest of the hall filled with dancers. We actually had more musicians than dancers for most of the evening, so the sound was fabulous. The occasion this time was a folk music course that had happened during the day (we didn't attend--the course was full before we had time to even ask about it), so the evening dance was scheduled to give the musicians an opportunity to keep playing, and they seemed to really enjoy it. Unlike some of the big folk dances that happen during the summer Spelmannstämman gathering of musicians, this event attracted only people who either wanted to dance or wanted to play--there were no people just standing around watching. However, we had an odd number of dancers. I know this because there were a number of dances where I danced by myself, since everyone else was already dancing with someone or playing a musical instrument. Luckily, I also enjoy dancing by myself, so it was all good.

The fact that I have been getting up early so that I can do the 45 minute walk to work and still be there by 07:30 (and sometimes even earlier) means that I have also generally been going to sleep fairly early. This, not surprisingly caught up with me, and as the clock neared 22:00 last night I was getting pretty sleepy, though, of course, still dancing, if not with quite as much energy as when the night was young. I was contemplating if I should lord_kjar and our housemate, C, if we should call it a night and head home so I could get to sleep, but before I got around to asking the musicians did one final number and started packing up. I remember a time when I would have been disappointed to have the dancing end so early in the evening, but, on this occasion I was delighted, as I really was pretty sleepy, but I also didn't want to miss any dances. If they were done playing then I wouldn't miss any.

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[darttn.livejournal.com]

Hi Riia,
Two questions. How do I set my page to show an 8 x 10 page, instead of having to scroll left and righ to read each line.

Second, there used to be a note on the bottom of the page to say "everything has been mead" or something like that. Now there is nothing, so every message you send stays there instead of only the title showing.

Ak was good. I'll send you a long email soon about my trip.
Love you
Mom

Re: page settings

[kareina.livejournal.com]

I have no idea--how do you read this? Do you go to your own friend's page, or do you go to my page?

There is a button on the very top of my page called "account" with a picture of a wrench next to it. Assuming you have one too, give it a try. There is a button under that called "journal style", which might have what you want.

I have no idea about the everything being read note, I haven't seen it. I will try asking on my list and see if anyone has any thoughts.

[stitchwhich.livejournal.com]

Snow "already'! I remember last year when it took forever, it seemed, for snow to begin to appear. Perhaps you will have a nice winter after all. (Sorry about the weird first version. Apparently I brushed the fingerpad and it moved my line of type.)

[kareina.livejournal.com]

Indeed, this year is looking much more promising--I think we didn't get a decent snow before December last year, which was later than normal. So far that snow has managed to hold on--temps have been hovering right around freezing, so I think we are experiencing a slow net loss on the snow, but it looks good for a few days yet, even if no more falls anytime soon.