Weather- January 2010

[angie]

Cliff and Roma, lovely pictures I do love seeing the snow on the trees.
Angie

[Paul T]

Beautiful pics, both of you.

[ranunculus]

Gorgeous images Roma.

Some more from our two hour walk on the moors above Whitworth, Lancashire on 2nd January 2010 - I couldn't decide whether several of these should appear in the 'arty' category due to amendments made in the computer, but for continuity purposes ...

WHITWORTH. LANCASHIRE.

[ranunculus]

 ... And the final batch.

Some more from our two hour walk on the moors above Whitworth, Lancashire on 2nd January 2010 - I couldn't decide whether several of these should appear in the 'arty' category due to amendments made in the computer, but for continuity purposes ...

WHITWORTH. LANCASHIRE.

[Kristl Walek]

really beautiful and artsy pictures, cliff.

i would try my hand at a few myself, but i can't get out of my house today because of the high snow.

how funny.

i only recall once, as a child in southern germany not being able to leave the house because of the snow levels.

of course much has to do with your house---here i am at near ground level. in ontario with a high deck surrounding my home, i would have needed to get about 60cm or more of snow before being unable to open the door.

so, i am hoping there will be rain soon, or else i will have to either wait for spring, or call in the neighbours to shovel me out.

[mark smyth]

The ice here is getting thicker by the day. Partial thaw in the day and another freeze over night. No shops including Tesco or DIY stores have salt. I suppose this common across the country now. My town runs roughly east west. Everyone is walking on the south facing paths where the ice has disappeared. I cant see shops on the opposite side doing much this week

[cohan]

cliff, and roma, lovely images! i have some more to come, also--we had several very photogenic days, all loaded to picasa, just need to resize some of the best for here..

kristl--actually snowed in! i  never have been--it could easily happen with drifts, but i guess usually there are enough obstacles around the houses to break up the flow, so i've never seen it happen..

mark--you are having a bad spell for sure! hope you get some melting soon! we are supposed to be up near the freezing mark next week, though hopefully we wont get much melting here, probably not that warm outside of towns, better if it waits..

[Kristl Walek]

kristl--actually snowed in! i  never have been--it could easily happen with drifts, but i guess usually there are enough obstacles around the houses to break up the flow, so i've never seen it happen..

yes, Cohan. i really am. i am still finding it funny and cozy to be stuck. a great time to fill seed orders and nest. i don't need to get out until 5:00pm tomorrow, when the post office closes. so am making that my goal to try and figure something out. i think i can get through the window opening, if necessary.

[ChrisB]

My pics are not as artistic as those in this thread, but here in Northumberland the weather is just as wintery....

first, my very own snow dog, actually he's sniffing because there was suspicious yellow snow there at our driveway corner....

And the winter flowering jasmine, skimmia and hamamelis

And my chilly cold frame pots...

[Lesley Cox]

Oh, you poor dear souls, every one of you. I do hope the weather improves soon and you see the sun again. Kristl I'm sure you have a good heating system and plenty food in the house, but do take good care of yourself. Are phone lines down and similar events? In which case, keep the cell phone batteries well charged (unless the power lines are down too!) Are we not all at the mercy of outside factors when the weather turns against us?

Keep smiling everyone.

[angie]

( Keep smiling everyone)

My husband and I went out today with our camera to take some snowy pictures. Went to a place called Aboyne, it was so beautiful all the trees were covered in snow, it was like a fairytale, well it never lasted long , our new landrover came to a sudden halt in the middle of the road leaving the fairytale village and of course on a nasty bend. AA said they would be with us in 40 minutes after 1hr 30min got a call saying they would be sending someone out soon when my husband asked when do you think you will be with us the reply was 40minutes, I wont say what he said, it was -3 and getting dark and  we were getting cold , thank god we had some blankets in the car, oh I forgot to mention a police car stopped behind us, thinking he was going to come and see if we ok but no he overtook our car and carried on with his journey, so much for seeing if we were safe. Anyway we managed to get a tow truck that had to come from Huntly to come and take us home. All the time we sat on that road which was just over 2 1/2hrs only one person stopped a little old lady asked if she could help, she was so sweet it helped cheer us up a bit.
Never heard again from the AA but tomorrow when I have calmed down I will have a few words to say to the AA.
Now home sitting in front of my fire and eating the rest of my Xmas chocolates.

Angie  

[Anthony Darby]

Mmm. Nice rockery Cliff.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

We do keep smiling Angie !!
Hope you are warmed up by now... 

Kristl, if you are still stuck, I'm sure you will be set free when the postman comes by to deliver some seed from some Forum member... which will be the living proof that the Forum has an answer to just about anything...   

We have -7°C this morning, but virtually no snow cover... 

[mark smyth]

Anyone know when the freeze is going?

[ranunculus]

Anyone know when the freeze is going?

August 11th at 9.45am.