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Two days of Winter

Wednesday, November 1, 2006 10:00:06 AM

Today we woke up to the first snow. I remember the first morning of snow when I was a child to be filled with magic and joy.

Today it´s mostly an annoyance. Well, not entirely - but partly, at least. It´s still nice to see the well known world change overnight. But the pavement needs to be cleared from snow, it´s expensive to keep the house warm and the traffic jams are even worse than they use to be.

No - let me become a child once more. I´ll grab my favourite tool which will provide that effect; my camera. Looking through the viewfinder, my vision becomes childish again, and I see the magic of a world changing right in front of me.


Our house in the first snow


My poor rose!

According to the met-office, the winter will last for two days, then we´ll return to normal autumn.

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Comments

Ramuteramute Wednesday, November 1, 2006 10:57:47 AM

WE do not have snow yet, but soon we shall also expereance this metamorphosis.
The photos are wonderful, especially your poor rose.

Love,
Ramute.
smile

Asgeirmisund007 Wednesday, November 1, 2006 11:06:50 AM

Yes I do remember the first snow, when I was a kid. It was magical. Don't think I will see much snow here in the UK, but that's ok smile

Katekate xu Thursday, November 2, 2006 2:57:02 AM

beautiful iced rose!bigsmile

Allanricewood Thursday, November 2, 2006 6:55:58 AM

Ramute - metamorphosis seems like an appropriate expression smile

Asgeir: I assume not only you and I remember our childhood snow this way - most people do, don´t you think?

Thanks, Kate.

Asgeirmisund007 Thursday, November 2, 2006 8:26:07 AM

In the Nordic countries snow is regarded as something you can play with as a child, maybe it is different in other parts of the world?

Allanricewood Thursday, November 2, 2006 8:13:26 PM

Maybe you´re right, Asgeir. Personally I wasn´t fascinated by snow for that reason. It was more the fairytale look all over the world. It was like a great party taking place everywhere.

Katie - thank you so much for your nice words. You´re right, of course - I realise that right *now*

ALLY G.ALLY_G Friday, November 3, 2006 3:54:47 AM

bigeyes Oohh, poor frozen rose - but a wonderful shot, Allan! up

Allanricewood Friday, November 3, 2006 8:44:01 AM

Thanks, Elke smile

Tylda Friday, November 3, 2006 7:02:56 PM

In Poland we have winter form two days to smile Flowers in my garden and others peoples gardens suffer the same demage but i think that sometimes under the snow they are looking very beautifully like this rose on your photo for example smile

Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic Saturday, November 4, 2006 11:39:12 AM

Nice house Allan:) I can see that the parabole disc is pointing towards CNN and BBC WORLD bigsmile

Allanricewood Saturday, November 4, 2006 1:14:01 PM

Yes, Tylda. A comforting thought that the snow actually - if the layer is thick enough - actually protects the plants underneath from the frost. So there´s still hope of nice flowers this year.

Nicolas, BBC world makes the best news of the two on my disc.

Thanks, both, for commenting.

Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic Monday, November 6, 2006 5:36:12 PM

Hi Allan
I have them programmed right beside each other and I like switching from the one to the other... just to compare and often it gives the strangest results. Especially if it´s the same story they handle:D