I know people visiting the ice caves have seen blue ice in places along the rocky lakeshore, but I don't know if I've ever noticed it just out in the lake like this. People who know these things say that the ice caves should be good and safe to walk to the caves until the end of March. Seeing open water out there - I think that dark like out there is open water - tells us that underneath all that ice, the lake currents are very active and we'll have some interesting sights when ALL of the ice starts breaking up.
The media specialist in me had to do a Google search on "blue lake ice" to find out why it looks blue. And it has to do with the color spectrum and which colors are able to penetrate through the ice crystals. And I'm NOT a scientist AT ALL so here's one of my sources: http://www.sciences360.com/index.php/blue-ice-12085/
And just because you never know what's going to turn up on a Google search, something I often experienced with unpleasant results as a media specialist with students, one of my queries returned websites showing Lupita Nyong'o's dress from the Academy Awards ceremony last night. Evidently the color was icy blue!
So, the chairs are waiting. Come on up. The weather's fine!
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Swedish update - I can now ask and answer questions regarding whether I can or can't understand Swedish or English. And I can ask how you are and tell you that I'm just fine or not too bad. And I can say hello and goodbye.
So for now, heydå!
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