Winter Weather

[Hoy]

Oh, you prefer it fresh!? When I buy a bottle, it is usually some years old
But my favorite is Løiten Linie aquavit and burning logs in the fireplace (pieces of the Sciadopitys which blew down last winter).

The temperature is raising outside - now it is +9C. No trees in the garden has been blown down so far . . .

I like to hear about the swelling pods, John I tried to cross my toes but couldn't!

How do you gut a Xmas light??

[johnstephen29]

It's this predictive texting its a pain in the backside

[Maggi Young]

Hope the cherry tree lights are still there in the morning.  I love to hear you've got twins in your family - I've always thought that was very clever - double trouble I know, but clever nonetheless!

[johnstephen29]

You should have been in the hospital when she was having them, I think if she had hold of me she would have throttled me

[Chris Johnson]

Looking out of the window an hour after high tide - a mountainous white sea. The most spectacular I've seen. Hope it doesn't cause any coastal damage. Should be fun beachcombing on Friday.

[johnstephen29]

We had a bad storm last night chris, so there would be plenty to find on the coast here too.

[Chris Johnson]

We had a bad storm last night chris, so there would be plenty to find on the coast here too.

You must have a different wind direction, John, it's due west here.

[mark smyth]

watching the christmas lights I helped the twins(my youngest two) put onto our cherry tree getting blown about in the gale, they'll be gutted if there not there in the morning.

Mine are still on the birch tree and the dog wood

[johnstephen29]

Ours are as well, at the moment.

[Hoy]

All my trees are still standing but a big one had fallen across the road during the night. Fortunately it was removed just before I drove to work.

[brianw]

Second time of typing this. Seems to have just melted away ? ;-)
A strange phenomenon this morning. We have recently had several days near freezing at night (-2.5C min so far) with rain and sun at various times. Noticed lumps of ice dotted over the unprepared weedy part of the garden after the frost went today. A closer look showed lumps of chalk with a thick layer of crystalline ice on top. Photo is of 2 lumps placed on a retaining wall coping. They are ~8cm wide and the ice ~1cm thick. There were vertical crystalline lines visible in the ice, not visible in the photo.
This only appeared on odd lumps of chalk, not on any of the tufa, limestone, sand stone etc. dotted around. Must have something to do with the porosity or white colour I guess. Maybe it would happen on new tufa too but all of mine is old and hard.

[Roma]

Coldest night of the year so far.  -5C overnight and still below freezing.

This is frost, not snow

[Roma]

Some sky pictures from Monday
Is this what is called a mackerel sky?

[Yann]

and here 10°c this afternoon, all my sown pots are germinating and frost is awaited for next week.

[Chris Johnson]

Is this what is called a mackerel sky?

No ... more like 'baleen', but very nice anyway.