I know that official spring has come along, but the subarctic weather up here doesn’t know that. There’s still more than enough ice and cold to go around.

Happy Sunday.
I know that official spring has come along, but the subarctic weather up here doesn’t know that. There’s still more than enough ice and cold to go around.

Happy Sunday.

An ice road disappears into a northern sunset.
Happy mid-week.
Yes, spring icicles are springing up, or rather, down, everywhere.


We’re supposed to have warmish weather over the next couple of days, so these icies will grow a lot. For safety, I’ve knocked down the ones over the door and will probably have to keep doing so for a while. There’s a lot of snow on that roof!
Happy Tuesday.

Just a pair of pretend bunnies posing in the snow as lovers. Here specially for those who like a bit of the cute. *****…*****A few of my pictures …
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A very cute photo from Stuart. 🙂

I am not a smoker, but I couldn’t resist a picture of this bristling butt disposal depot. Ugh. While I can’t imagine standing out in this cold for a puff – and I totally get why no one has bothered to clean this thing – I guess any proverbial butt in a storm will do!
Happy Sunday.
Southward bound …

.. for a while departing the beauteous north toward a warmer south …

… a wing to carry us.
Happy weekend.
The wind did a fine job of sculpting this snow drift.

It almost looks like sandstone.
Happy Friday. 🙂

See! It’s warm enough for a couple of icicles to form, and that means that the sun is powerful enough to melt the snow. The things that northerners get excited about …


The 1st of March is the beginning of meteorological spring here in the UK. Where I live, in the Forest of Dean, we see snow only rarely, and even …
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A snowy UK from a few years ago, courtesy of Stuart.