It’s been looking like winter this week and I’ve been looking forward to the weekend to enjoy it. So I didn’t waste any time in the morning, left as soon as there was enough light. I was also a little bit worried that the temperatures would creep above freezing so I definitely had to do my photography before that, or miss all the snow on the trees.

What I like most in the early winter is the open water in contrast to the snow and I knew just the perfect place for that – Svartån. There’s not too much snow to make walking difficult (or hard work), but it does get a bit tricky when you walk in a terrain which is half rocky and half  boggy. Following the creek is hard enough in the summer, but now that all the crevices and water holes between the rocks and cliffs were covered by snow, I had to make some major detours to view the creek without getting my feet wet (or broken). But I didn’t mind it, it’s such a great feeling to be walking in a snow covered forest. It is so quiet… even the sound of the waterfalls is muted. And when you get away from the waterfalls, all you can hear is the snow under your feet, your breathing, even your heartbeat. My goodness me how I have missed winter!