waiting.....

for the spring thaw

Ready to take off.

WEEK 5

LIGHT
8am to 4pm
temperature 0F

SOME SNOW

just a reminder what snow looks like, it's gone now

  

sun is still very low, barely above the horizon at one PM:

HAPPY NEW YEAR

More lights on the riverbank.  Celebrating the anniversary by lighting 570 candles.

and some other lights on my walk last night of the year 2011:

peek through the church window

very light snow was magical, perfect ending for the year.

NO SNOW yet

Just some wet flakes last Friday, snow lasted a day, then the rain started again.

AND today Wednesday it was sunny for two hours. 

This is an old police station , now an art museum

BEACH FINDS

Monday NOV 22 Snow on deck.

Wednesday Nov 24 Grey, cold morning.

Beach Find # 1    Basket?

Beach Find #2 Ice on Sand 

and on rocks

I also saw ten dead birds.

Give-a-tree

2010 Arbor Day Foundation Give-A-Tree Card Photo Contest

I have some tree photos but none taken in USA national forest.

I don't know if it matters?

Walk on Ice

It was a beautiful sunny day on the bay:

I wished I had one of these:

(click on the photo to see)

or at least skis

but no I walked or tried in almost knee deep snow,

 the most snow Finland has had for thirty years

SUN and SNOW

SPRING

Last snow?
start of the watering season

Perfect Spring Day

still snowing

at 9 am Saturday, it started 3pm Friday afternoon, big fat, wet clumps of snow.

WE HAVE SNOW at least today

SPRING STORM

yesterday

today8 AM 11AM

1 PM

SATURDAY

Dusting of snow this morning, gone by the afternoon

WEDNESDAY and snow!

melting already at 9am
Locked out of my house, waiting for a key delivery