Frost, Ice and Snow
Over the past week or so, much of Europe has been experiencing extreme frost. Yesterday night, the temperature dropped to minus 13 degrees Celsius, at the moment it’s minus eleven degrees. And I’m in...
View ArticleThe Return of the Snow
I just looked out of the window, because there was a rather noisy car out on the street with people (well, actually just the party-going son of my neighbours) getting in and out. And what did I see? It...
View ArticleSnow and Seasonal Cheer… and Klingons?
Today, just in time for the first advent Sunday, it started to snow here in North Germany. Of course, the snow was very wet and it only lasted for two hours maybe, but it was still snow. Photographic...
View ArticleSnowy Day Linkdump
We had more snow last night and this time around, the snow even stayed, because the temperatures hovered around zero all day long. And because the weather was so conductive to the holiday spirit, I...
View ArticleSnow is Gone and Back Again Linkdump
Winter is in full swing here in North Germany. On Friday night, the temperatures dropped to minus 9° Celsius, Saturday night we got heavy snowfalls, so heavy that the two little girls who live in the...
View ArticleThe Mayan Apocalypse fails to appear, so here’s a non-post-apocalyptic linkdump
So the Mayan apocalypse failed to appear today to very little surprise. Though since the Mayas did not specify the exact time the world is supposed to end, we may not be out of the woods yet. However,...
View ArticleSnow, Crafts and Cora photographs a Ghost
Winter returned over the past few days and we also had some more snow tonight. So I took some photos, which was a tad difficult, since it was already dark. Still, I got some interesting results and...
View ArticleSnow by Day
After yesterday’s nocturnal snow with “ghost” photos, here are some photos of snow by day, since it turned out that the snow stuck around. In fact, there’s even more of it now, since it kept snowing...
View ArticleIn the Winter Woods
I’ll comment on the Lower Saxony state elections tomorrow, once they’ve actually figured out who won and where things are going. My reaction is pretty “meh” anyway. I already voted by mail-in ballot...
View ArticleWinter Woods Redux
We had some more snow this week. And though I was very busy with lots of behind the scenes stuff, I still found the time to go hiking once more. What is more, I also took photos. So here are some more...
View ArticleThe Last Hurray of Winter and a Linkdump
On the cusp of spring, winter returned with a vengeance this weekend for one last hurray. I don’t know how long it will lastm but for now we have approx. five centimeters of snow. I took a bunch of...
View ArticleWinter Wonderland at Springtime
Since, as reported yesterday, winter returned this weekend for one last hurray, I took the chance to go hiking in the snowy winterwoods one more time. And of course, I also took some photos. The...
View ArticleBack from Halle
I’m back from my excursion to Halle on Saale. Unfortunately, I missed the last three presentations, since I had to leave early, considering I had one of the longer trips home. The return trip took four...
View ArticleHalle Photos
And now, as promised, photos of my recent trip to Halle on Saale Lots of beautiful old buildings and some not so beautiful examples of Communist era architecture. Some of the photos were taken while...
View ArticleA Birthday on a Snowy Holy Thursday
Today was Holy Thursday. It was also, coincidentally, my Mom’s birthday. And, as the weather forecast had foretold, it was snowing intermittently, though the snow didn’t stick until temperatures...
View ArticleMore grimdark fantasy, boring literary fiction, the truth about the...
We’re actually having snow for Easter this year, though at least the cold means that there’s no need to open the windows and that I’ll be spared the smoke from the annual Easter fire, a tradition I...
View ArticleHappy Snowy Easter
This is the view from my front door at seven AM today. Now, it’s not Christmas but Easter morning. In fact, Christmas was warmer and much greener than this. Try finding some Easter eggs on the snowy...
View ArticleStorm Xaver Update
We’re still getting wind surges, but in general it is getting more quiet outside. But then, the biggest danger of the massive winter storm Xaver is not the wind (though that’s bad enough) but the flood...
View ArticleSnow 2014 by Day
And this is what the snow looks like by daylight, when I went out to shovel the driveway free. My street, all covered in snow. The other side of the street The meadow and oaktree next to the house The...
View ArticleMore Snow in the Forest
We had even more snow last night as well as temperatures of minus 10 degrees Celsius. And guess when the main heater decided to have a hiccup. Luckily, the service technician is coming in tomorrow....
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