Hello!

Phone phelphie... hence the quality

I'll add this to the weekly challenge: w50 Best of three, hereby combining: w3 mobile phone, w24 just for fun, w34 gratitude. The photo is taken with the mobile. Skating is one of my favourite pastimes. And I am grateful to my parents for buying me these skates.

[LManning (Laura)]

You look very well put together and equipped! Were you all alone on the rink?

[Mags]

Hiya, Monica! Don't you look spiffy in your cold weather gear and skates! I got a surprise package in the mail today. (big smile) I'm going to post an image and tell about it a little later. Thank you ever so much! =)

[moni kozi]

@ljmanning Laura, we were 5 people on the ice. But the skating rink is really small. Maybe half a hockey ground. Still, better than nothing.

[moni kozi]

@marlboromaam 🤭 i wonder what it might be... 😉

[Diana]

What a lovely phelfie, you do look rather professional on the rink.

[Mags]

@monikozi LOL! It's no mystery to you. I thought maybe a Christmas card... Had no clue! =)

[Yao RL]

Love ice skating, I am missing it. Wellington is not cold enough. Yes, phone, safe.

[moni kozi]

@ludwigsdiana It's just posing, Diana. Ok, i'm no newbie to skates, but you shoukd have seen the girl who was the other adult on the rink. She was amazing! I am a chicken and all rusty, and my ankles and knees are not so trusty as they used to be. But this is a cool (pun not intended) temporary replacement of the 25 minutes walk.
I really missed it so much.

[moni kozi]

@yaorenliu I grew up very close to the skating rink - back then it was as large as a hockey rink. And I learned skating quite early (5 or 6 y.o.). And have always loved it. Then, about 25 years ago, it was closed down. About 15 years ago, a mobile installation was set up, but it was soooo tiny. Really, a toy skating rink. And a couple of years ago, they set up this one, which is a bit larger, but ok.
Last year, i was too scared to go there because of this global pannini. And this year, i finally bought my skates and plunged on the skating rink. I was quite shaky and unsteady. But i got hold of it.

[Delboy79]

Cute shot

[Walks @ 7]

Outdoor rinks and skating ponds hold many special memories for me too. I like how your capture speaks to movement.

[JackieR]

You're showing off moni with just one foot on the ice. I do so hope you enjoy your alternative to walking and the knees and ankles hold out

[kali]

Looking good Moni!

[Pyrrhula]

A great nice photo of you.
Our skatings rinks are often also very small. Most build on a square in the city centry

[Andy Macera]

Very stylish!

[Kathy A]

Hello Monica

[bkb in the city]

Hello to you as well

[moni kozi]

@joysabin My first reaction was to dismiss the photo because of the moving hand. :D

[moni kozi]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond Nooo... I am leaning the left foot on the back end of the skate blade.
I will not give up this. Unless something breaks : the ice or me :D :D :D
But I am very cautious, really. i am not an adventurer. Especially when it comes to joints.

[moni kozi]

Thank you very much, @ljmanning @marlboromaam @ludwigsdiana @yaorenliu @delboy207 @joysabin @30pics4jackiesdiamond @kali66 @pyrrhula @andymacera @kjarn and @bkbinthecity

[Ingrid]

Hi!

[borof]

It's a nice shot, if you hadn't written out "selfie" I wouldn't have recognized you.

[moni kozi]

Thank you, @ingrid01 and @borof

[Evgenia]

Great shot. I can see the pleasure of ice skating in your eyes. 🤩

[moni kozi]

@evgeniamsk Thanks!