Foxy (Rödluvan-Foxy)

Searching for the light

Part 3

Market, gingerbread houses

Rodluvan in the light of the Christmas tree on the yard
2012-12-09. Here I had my dark olive jacket. I was on the Christmas market in town.
2012-12-09. I was walking in the snow in town. The snow did not stick on the ground here, because there were heaters under the street.
2012-12-09. In Sweden it's common that you decorate oranges with clove. 
2012-12-09. Ove in his blue Greenland jacket,  he got it from Lennart and me for his birthday
2012-12-09. I met Santa Claus on the Christmas market. He was very kind and he  made me happy.
2012-12-12. It was bitterly cold and I needed to put on a warmer jacket. My red Kodiak Parka. Now I was a red Santa too.
2012-12-12.  I was thinking about what I could do an how I could give the light to people.
2012-12-12. Some pictures of the market. As it was a working day there were not so much people.
2012-12-12. It was real cold that day.
2012-12-12. Light and warmth.
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2012-12-12. Ove in his green Kodiak Parka jacket.
2012-12-12. Ove walking in town. Now the heaters under the street did not work so well. It was too cold and the snow stuck on the ground.
2012-12-12. We had good food for lunch in a restaurant.
2012-12-12. There was so much snow. They had to clean some roofs from snow.
2012-12-12. In the street in town there the busses are.
2012-12-12. Me in the cold. It was snowing like crazy.
2012-12-12. Ove going to the bus.
2012-12-12.  Me in our street on my way to give the balcony workers chocolate and gingerbread cookies for Christmas.

Yes, I am a red  Santa.
2011-12-13. We got rain again. It went dark and I put on my dark olive jacket again. This jacket was made for rain and slush.

This picture was taken 2011-12-01 in the woods by Gammlia. That day they had put out candles by the path in the woods. You can see some in the background.
2012-12-13. I went to a Lucia celebration in a music school and saw this beautiful tree.
2012-12-14. The next day I went to the Christmas market in town and took this picture. I bought a Christmas heart in the stall there you see the people in red.
2012-12-14. Picture of the heart.
2012-12-15. We had got railings on the balconies . But probably it should not be ready for Christmas. It made me sad.

But then I saw a white spot on the scaffolding........
2012-12-15. The white spot was the heart! And then I went happy. The scaffolding still was Christmas decorated.
Then I remembered I gave the workers a jar with gingerbread hearts like I have in my hand.  On this picture I had not my hair done, but who cares, I felt happy on this picture :).
2012-12-16. I went by bus to the stores far from the centre of town.
2012-12-16. Also this year they had gingerbread houses and gingerbread figures competition.
2012-12-16. I was still searching for the light. Then I found this church.
2012-12-16. They called it "The church of light".
2012-12-16. The front door of the church of light.
2012-12-16. A computer with a "wishing" list to Santa,
2012-12-16. A village
2012-12-16. In this chair Santa will sit and the children may tell what they wish for Christmas.
2012-12-16. The white reindeer is beautiful
2012-12-16. A castle.
2012-12-16. The other side of the castle.
2012-12-16. Santa riding in a caravan instead of a sleigh. This one got the first prize.
2012-12-16. The backside of Santa's caravan.
2012-12-16. A castle and a dragon.
2012-12-16. Here you can see the dragon better.
2012-12-16. Santa's pig farm.
2012-12-16. Boathouses by the Ume River. The houses are there in real on the place by the stores.

My work has been on this place. My work rent these houses and I have been working inside there with the computers. Now business people rent these houses.
2012-12-16.  A mansion
2012-12-16. The other side of the mansion.
2012-12-16. Santa on the sleigh with his reindeer.
2012-12-16. There were a lot of lights in this hall.
2012-12-16. Also we people could bring the light by giving second hand teddy bears and stuffed animals. They should give these to poor children
2012-12-16. More teddy bears.
2012-12-16. Orrefors glass candles in a store.
2012-12-16. He, he, a boots vase.
2012-12-16. Glass art with a light inside. These are very expensive.
2012-12-16. The house there the stores are. In former times this house was a factory (plant)
2012-12-16. This is the biggest store named ICA Maxi.
2012-12-16. Here they were selling real Christmas trees.
2012-12-16. The jackdaws were sitting on the streetlamp.They said to me. Here you can see the light you are searching for.
                                                                                         Will be continued
© Photo: Wilhelmina Schedin 2016-03-07