The winter mermaid, past and present

My parents decided to visit the Little Mermaid in the Danish harbor, just to see if she was as cold as she was in the deep chill of 1985.
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As it turned out, she wasn't quite that chilly. The winter of 1985 was unusually deep-frozen for Denmark. Here's proof: my sister and me climbing right up on the icy rocks to visit with her!

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And while I'm at it, even though it strays from the mermaid theme... I have to post the skating picture! It's always been one of my favorites, and I may even have posted it on this blog before. But I can't resist. Here's Penny and Mum and me, skating on one of the lakes right in the middle of Copenhagen on a gorgeously frozen day, long, long ago.
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Now do you see why I love winter? :-)

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