Honourable mention

As long as there’s fish in the sea pt. 2

Yes, just a short note. At least that’s what I think now when I’m starting to write this post. But a photo of mine that I submitted to a contest this fall has been noticed and gotten an honourable mention from World Meteorological Organization and will be featured in their calendar for next year. And, that makes me happy!

“We are delighted to inform you that your photo, As long as there’s fish in the Sea, received an Honourable Mention in the 2023 WMO Calendar and will be featured as such in the print version.

It was an outstanding photo, both in terms of photographic and technical skill as well as its meteorological interest and popularity on social media. It will be featured in the printed 2023 WMO Calendar on the Honourable Mentions page. It will also be showcased on our social media channels and featured in our Honourable Mentions album on Flickr.

WMO and its UN partners regularly use photographs from the calendar competition to illustrate news stories and web features. The photos are often featured in communications activities by the UN Secretary-General’s team to illustrate the impacts of climate change and extreme weather.”

Got the news a couple of days ago but decided to take a bit of a rest this weekend trying to get back to myself and here I am, sharing the news. It’s funny, I somehow get lost in trying to fix things like horrible internet connection and to manage how much electricity my house is using up. With extremely high prices and a long cold winter coming up here in the north of Sweden, it’s really important to do those things. But, I get so caught up in those things I forget the good things that are happening to me. And, having my photos recognised in contests are so much bigger to me than poor internet connection. And, that the photo will be published and have a chance to be used and published by The UN, that’s a really big thing. It’s finally sinking in now when I have time to actually read the email and reflect on what it means. Also, it’s a very important subject to me. The climate change and how it affects us and the whole world, because now, there’s fewer fish in the sea. Hopefully, there will be more fish there soonish.

And just now, when I stepped out on my porch to have a cigarette, the clouds scattered and I could see the almost full moon above me and somehow it makes it worth all the troubles I’m going through at the moment. Because I love living in a place where it’s dark enough to see the stars and the moon.