The weather has been so weird this winter. When Ground Hog Day was less than a month away, I realized we hadn't yet had any winter weather to speak of. Then, on the 13th of January, we had 6 inches of snow. Within a day or two, the temperature climbed and the snow began to melt. The next weekend, we had freezing rain. Yesterday, the temperature rose to 56. Today, it's cold and rainy. Tomorrow, temperatures will be near freezing again. Our poor dog will not get a walk today. I must say, she looks a little mopey, stretched out on the couch.
This photo is from last year. I tried taking a picture of this year's backyard winter scene with my "new" camera. It's a simple point-and-shoot model I've had for a year, but am still largely unacquainted with. Simple as it is, it came with an intimidating and unintelligible multi-page booklet. Weird icons appeared when I pointed my camera at the snowfall and attempted to shoot. The booklet declined to explain this particular set of icons. I also lost a photo I had already taken of our camellia, which bloomed unseasonably in December. A dead or dying battery is probably to blame. In the camera, not the camellia.
Speaking of unseasonableness, the daffodils began to sprout the week between the blizzard and the ice storm.
I believe every bulb in my garden came up, but I can no longer prove it. Snow...
ReplyDeleteI'm stuck at the temperature "rose" to 56...
ReplyDeleteI'm still learning my camera, too. I thought I had it all learned, and then suddenly it wouldn't focus. Sigh. They don't make the simple cameras easy to use, do they?
Nothing worse than a flat camellia battery. I too use a point shoot and three years after I bought it, I am still finding things that I didn't know it could do. Mine did not come with a booklet, all online to download. I am correct in saying if you get a nice fall of snow, not a blizzard, while it can be cold and it can still be quite pleasant.
ReplyDeleteThere was a gust of super cold wind and actual our winter been pretty mild.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on
Snow ...not my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a lover of snow although it does look nice in photographs.
ReplyDeleteNone yet for my part of the UK although some areas have had some.
Take care
All the best Jan
Forsythia:
ReplyDeleteIt has been an odd winter for my area too. A pretty big snow (6 inches) at Thanksgiving, which melted a day or two later. Then nothing. Now, this week we have a storm with 12 inches in one day and a Polar Vortex.
I think it really reflects some of the changes that are occurring due to global warming.
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