The swimming season is open.

Before leaving to my friends in Norway, I prepared for spring in Tromsø with a full summer suitcase, May promised to be hot, they sent me photos of sunbathing people, blazing sun, blue sky, I was looking forward to the north-Norwegian spring. On arrival, i was provided a room on the first floor, where the temperature did not rise above 15 degrees at night, but it seemed to me that it was not higher than 11, the coldest moment before bedtime was to remove the clothes, although it would be better not to take off .. and in the morning - crawl out already Warmed bed by me.
This morning, I collected my father's 70's Soviet paint box and went to the pleinair, painting my first etude in Tromsø. Boots, a jacket, a scarf, gloves, so that my hands do not freeze during prolonged work, everything was ready for painting on the seashore under the befriend and a refreshing May wind. When I arrived at the Telegrafbukta, I noticed the sight of vacationing people, elderly women walking,
After an hour of work in the wind, I stopped feeling my fingers, we drank all the coffee with the ridge, cooked by my friend's mom, for warming.
But then I noticed the frolicking teenage girls in swimsuits on the beach and the baby in the rompers next to them. Without thinking long, I took out the camera and captured this moment, and then I realized the beauty of the Scandinavian spring, and its contrasts .. temperatures, colors, weather conditions. Green with blue shades of the sea, so cold, but insanely beautiful, that you want to dive into it, and on the other side there are snow-capped mountains, black and white photos, nothing superfluous, girls in bathing suits and a boy in rompers.
To be continued.