Weather early 2009

[David Shaw]

If you live in Newcastle a 't' shirt counts as a winter overcoat, at least if you are under 30 yrs and out on the town - male or female. I wonder what they wear in summer?

[johnw]

Hitch told me when I saw him in February that the problem with snowdrops, in high snow areas, is they try to grow under the snow and it ruins the flowers

Mark - Hitch may be in that snow belt around the Great Lakes where it snows all winter long or at least every time the wind blows across the lakes.

Growth under snow doesn't seem to be a problem here as we usually have alternating bare ground and snow cover.  I suppose frostless ground followed quickly by winter-long snow cover just might cause sub-snow growth.  In any event the drops have never been marred here even when brief late snows come in March and April.

I look forward to his catalogue.

I hear Cape Breton will also get a period of rain on top of all the snow.  This causes a pancaking effect = snow-sheet of ice-snow-sheet of ice-snow which is notorious there for pulling lower branches off shrubs as it melts.

johnw

[johnw]

I dont like dogs in coats

Cha shoirbh triubhas a chur air cat!

johnw

[mark smyth]

I Goggled it and I like it!

[johnw]

Now, where are my shorts?

I also saw a man out in t-shirt and shorts walking his dog this afternoon!

Shorts are not uncommon here all winter long, mainly university and high school fellows, the odd kilt.  Women would never be so foolish yet they do have high heels to answer for - not so pretty on ice.

johnw

[Diane Clement]

Can't compete with John W in Nova Scotia but it feels cold over here in Wolverhampton
A dusting of snow with  -4C the last two nights and around zero by day. 

[Diane Clement]

Cyclamen coum thinking it's not a good day to open up

[Maggi Young]

You're having it much worse than here, Diane.... your poor little cyclamen! Brrrr!

[Maggi Young]

Indeed not, John,  and ......

Cha dčan cat miotagach sealg         

[mark smyth]

I like that also

[mark smyth]

Days like this make it important to have nut and fat feeders for birds

[Anthony Darby]

What's a 'far' feeder Mark?

[Anthony Darby]

I'm still goggling at those two statements.

[Diane Clement]

I'm still goggling at those two statements.

this site has them
http://www.hp.europe.de/kd-europtravel/gaelic/proverb.htm

[johnw]

Indeed not, John,  and ......

Cha dčan cat miotagach sealg         

Good one Maggi.

johnw