Wind-sculpted snow

Posted on by Ian C.

Todays “blizzard” is so far causing no issues – although I admit that if I had to drive somewhere today, I would not enjoy it at all! There is some snow around but it’s really hard to judge how much because of all the wind and its effects – while walking outside, I had snow above my knees, but in other places there is clear ground! One major effect of the wind though was to curtail my photo trip after only a minute or two (it’s FREEZING out there!)

Anyway, a few pics of GBMINI and the surrounding snow, and how it’s been sculpted by the wind:

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A “blizzard”

Posted on by Ian C.

We were predicted to have a blizzard today with 12-18″ of snow; it sounds pretty serious but so far it’s a bit of a let down round here!
We woke to windows spattered with snow and howling wind! Outside there are places where the snow comes up over my wellingtons – it took some effort to push my way out the front door for example; but also places with almost no snow at all – look at the top of the sundial. Some great wind sculpting of the snow round rocks, plants, too:

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Minolta DSC
Minolta DSC
Minolta DSC
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Here comes winter!

Posted on by Ian C.

We’ve had a very easy winter this year, with temperatures in the 50s a couple of weeks ago … but the temperatures have dropped significantly now, with this when I got in GBMINI yesterday morning:

Cold weather

And now, the Weather Channel says we could be hit with 12″ or more of snow overnight & into tomorrow …

So expect some white pictures tomorrow (unless we lose power!)