Blue Monday January 20, 2025

On this "Blue Monday" rather than getting caught up in everything that makes it be a bad "Blue", I opted to take a route offering a brighter shade of blue! Knowing the conditions for skating at Bowness would most likely be enjoyable, I could not wait to get out the door.  I did not want to wait for the -22C (-7.6F) to reach -3C (+26.6F) which was to occur by noon time.  Upon arrival, I noticed the skating surface had been swept but not yet flooded.  The Ice Man began working his magic shortly thereafter.  The above photograph shows The Lagoon. This photo is along The Canal.

I don't know what to call this circular stretch!  

It's not The Ice Trail, nor The Lagoon, nor The Canal!

  

a long shadow on this Brighter Shade of Blue Bird Sky Monday

This is what it looks like when not being able to wait to get out the door 

and preferring to skate when it's -22C and not -3C! 

This is what 15.2kms of skating looks like!  

To add a touch more brighter shade of blue to the day, I finished knitting these children's sized mittens. They were sitting on the side burner for a couple of days, a thumb just needed to be stitched and cast off.  This is 6th and last pair of mittens I plan to knit for now.  More may come later!  

What also brightened my day was completing the first youngsters tube slipper sock!  This is a skein I did not use when kitting the blanket last year.  The bulky acrylic yarn is ideal for this project, I hope there is enough left to finish the second one. These will be added to the other items to drop off somewhere.   

I hope there was a brighter shade of blue tucked into your "Blue Monday"!