by snow day
snowing all night and this morning
nature dressing up for the winter solstice
lightness for the north’s longest night
December solstice falls about 3 am tomorrow, Saturday morning Pacific Standard Time according to this wonderful site. This snow may not last until then, so I’m celebrating early. Happy Solstice!
Another timely gift arrived for this occasion from a dear friend, Susan of phantsy that who wrote:
I found these pictures this morning. Knowing how much you enjoy examining the magical space between nature and technology, thought you might enjoy seeing them too.
Thank you, Susan, you do know how much I love frost flowers! Happy Solstice to you!
December 20, 2013 in Home, Nature, Photoworks by Marja-Leena
Oh, lovely! Right now our deepish snow is being rainrainrained on. And it is to rain all day tomorrow, too. Might not be a white Christmas, even after all the snow… I have a friend who had shoveled up a pile and put it under a tarp–doesn’t want her children not to have a white Christmas!
Marly, your friend is really into the white Christmas! It’s so rare here that when we do have it, it’s a stunning gift though it can be hard for travellers. The ‘after-rains’ are not pleasant!
It’s still snowing here, so beautiful – but I’m now getting worried about some of the long heavy cedar branches that are hanging down very low from the weight of the wet snow – some on top of our magnolia tree for instance – yikes. That tree already lost its main central branch due to heavy wet snow one spring a few years ago.
We had our first heavy snowfall last weekend immediately followed by rain. The next morning not only had everything frozen into place but very little had been ploughed away. It wasn’t until we got home from a walk that had to be shortened because the sidewalks were too treacherous that we learned the city had enacted a new plan that contractors are now responsible for snow removal from sidewalks as well as streets. They hadn’t done so and neither had anyone else but for a few old stalwarts. The snow is very pretty on trees though. I hope yours don’t break your lovely old magnolia.
I’m delighted you liked the ice-frost pictures as much as I did ♡
Susan, I’d heard there have been a lot of snowstorms in eastern Canada. Halifax, being maritime must not get as cold as inland so you would get the rain after as we often do here. That changeover to contractors doing sidewalks sure didn’t go too smoothly at first but hope it will be better. I think in every municipality here it is up to the owner to clear in front of his property. As you probably remember, Vancouverites go nuts driving in snow, but then, we do have a lot of hills and heavy wet snow.
Thanks again for thinking of me and sharing the link to those great frost images! Have a great weekend!
Yes, solstice is here. Maybe -0C (tiny bit on freezing side), sky clear, no snow.
Weaher bureau promises no snow for the Christmas. Not very common situation at this latitude, 63°. But in Helsinki more often these days.
I should point out that that white stuff is co-o-o-ld! Maybe that’s why I’m not particularly enamoured with snow. Wherever I have lived in the UK and France, cold most often equals damp, and that’s uncomfortable cold. Oh for dry cold, that’s better. Happy Christmas Marja-Leena.
Tom, I grew up in very cold dry winters, like down to -40C sometimes. The damp around 0C is comparatively tropical to a former prairie girl. It’s all relative. We get a lot of folks from the prairies retire out here.
Thanks for the Christmas wishes, same to you – will have a ‘card’ up in a day or two.
Happy Happy Winter Solstice! I’ll raise a glass of dark Franconian Lager tonight in celebration. The snow is coming early next week it seems, so we’ll have to wait for the frosty beauty! Stay warm!
Thanks and ‘kippis’ over the lager! Sounds like you may have a White Christmas, lucky you!
I’m loving your winter pictures and your thoughts on the season. Do miss it all a little bit, living here in Hawaii.
Hattie, I’m glad you are enjoying these. You have spent part of your life in wintry climates, so it’s understandable that you might sometimes miss that during the Christmas season. I still miss the snow during our usually green Christmas. We do have snow on the mountains.