Weather early 2009

[Andrew]

Good King Wenceslas looked out,
On the feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay round about,
Deep and crisp and even.
Brightly shown the moon that night,
Though the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight,
Gathering winter fuel.
Neale

Not even a frost here, dull with a nip in the air.

[Anthony Darby]

I thought it was 'brightly shone the moon that night'?

[Maggi Young]

We were being shown how the moon shone, I think..... either way, flippin' cold and wet here!
Happy New Year!!

[mark smyth]

No frost here either

[David Shaw]

The weather has now broken and the temperature is up to -1. It is a grey, dank day and not nearly as much fun as it has been over the past few days. Next week the temperature is forcast to rise to +2! Now, where are my shorts?

[mark smyth]

mentioning shorts I just saw a guy going to the shop in polo shirt, shorts and flip flops. Looking at the two thermometers I have the average for today is +3.5

[johnw]

An interesting drive home last night from the party.

Looking down the street this morning.  This batch is likely to stay for awhile.

Over 50cm in Cape Breton and still snowing there. Dogs have hair up there.

johnw - -5c and gusty.

[ChrisB]

Quite an impressive dump you've had there!

[mark smyth]

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

[Andrew]

Now, where are my shorts?

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

[Andrew]

I thought it was 'brightly shone the moon that night'?

This was my reference (along with the other verses) :-

http://www.allchristmaslyrics.com/good_king_wenceslas_lyrics.htm

like many things, it's probably changed over the years.

[Anthony Darby]

Mine comes from 'Carols for choirs' by Jacques & Wilcox; OUP 1961. I suspect the Google version to be a misprint?

[Maggi Young]

Ah, Cape Breton, frozen  land of the Bearded Ladies......

( with apologies to all the beautiful Cape Breton ladies of my acquaintance...... none of whom, I sincerely hope, are reading this )

[Maggi Young]

Now, where are my shorts?

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

Are these guys  a)drunk,
b) pathetically trying to look butch,
 or c)  simply feeble-minded, following a nasty head injury?
Perhaps it is a tragic combination of all three?   
 
Gotta feel sorry for 'em, really.

[mark smyth]

Maybe not trying to look hard but cool - no pun intended