calove: Let it snow!

Cass (

calove) wrote,
@ 2009-02-01 14:31:00

Let it snow!
It's SNOWING! Big fat flakes that have already covered the ground with a good inch of fluffy whiteness. I LOVE the snow and will be dragging the unwilling preteens out in it to build a snowman as soon as I can. The woods look glorious, like a somewhat OTT Christmas card, but so pretty. I'm hoping it snows for the rest of the day and all night so we get snowed in (it doesn't take much in blighty - a light sprinkling is enough for the whole road and rail infrastructure to grind to a halt) and then I can lie in bed in the morning instead of battling my way to the school bus at sparrow fart :)

OH NO! It's stopping! Right - thermals on. I'm off to do a snowdance for more.

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	enigmaticblues 2009-02-01 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	joins you in the snow dance We have to get A LOT of snow to be considered snowed in (darn that Midwestern toughness), but I love unexpected snow days. I hope you wake up to inches of the white stuff tomorrow! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	calove 2009-02-01 03:50 pm UTC (link)
	Snow has been a relative rarity over the past years, especially in the south. But even when it was a regular event, it still seemed to take those in charge of keeping things moving by surprise. It's stopped snowing and the sun has come out. It's sparkling prettily on the snow and casting long shadows through the trees. Pretty! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	petzipellepingo 2009-02-01 03:13 pm UTC (link)
	Bet it doesn't look like this however... But enjoy! Edited at 2009-02-01 03:14 pm UTC (Reply to this) (Thread)

	calove 2009-02-01 03:51 pm UTC (link)
	Not quite! I'd be very happy if it did, though! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	smtfhw 2009-02-01 03:16 pm UTC (link)
	Seems everyone is having snow except us... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	calove 2009-02-01 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	Fingers crossed it heads your way (if you want it, that is!). It is very pretty. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	curiouswombat 2009-02-01 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	I'm hoping that we get some. And if not us, then at least some for D-d in York - she is desperate for enough snow to build a snowman. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	gillo 2009-02-01 03:37 pm UTC (link)
	Hils posted that it was snowing quite hard in York, so there's hope... (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	curiouswombat 2009-02-01 04:45 pm UTC (link)
	I looked at the two webcams a few minutes ago and there's no sign of it. The city centre appears to have a little snow-less ecosystem of its own - there is often snow all over Yorkshire except for a circle of about a mile radius around the Minster! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	calove 2009-02-01 03:54 pm UTC (link)
	York will be getting proper, Northern snow - not like this namby-pamby Southern stuff! Do you get much snow on the island? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

curiouswombat
2009-02-01 04:49 pm UTC (link)

York seems to get almost no snow at all - the rest of Yorkshire can be under 6" and they don't have any - much to her disappointment.

I have a sneeky feeling that she chose a Northern university particularly to have snow because we have only had enough here to build a proper snowman once in her life.

It's the salt water around us - we get snow on the hills, and it is pretty, but rarely enough snow below about 1,500' for it to be thicker than icing sugar on a mince-pie.

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	calove 2009-02-01 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	How odd. But then, York does get more than its fair share of floods from what I remember. Not really so pretty :) I did wonder if the surrounding sea gave you a special microclimate. Shame about the lack of white stuff, though. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	calturner 2009-02-01 03:26 pm UTC (link)
	Yep, it's snowing here, too. Hope you get more! :D It's good to hear from you, Cass. hugs (Reply to this) (Thread)

	calove 2009-02-01 03:55 pm UTC (link)
	Sooo pretty! But I wants more! Good to hear from you to cal. Hope all's well with you and yours. hugs you back (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gillo 2009-02-01 03:39 pm UTC (link)
	We had huge flakes drifting gently down, but not settling, then fast, scurrying flakes which settled briefly. Nowt at the moment, though. This bit of Warwickshire seems to avoid the snow even when the rest of the country's ground to a halt. Annoying, really. Good to see your pixels again! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	calove 2009-02-01 03:59 pm UTC (link)
	I bet Durham's pretty... It's lovely at this stage, but I'm sure I'll be cursing it in the morning when I'm struggling through frozen slush (unless we really do get snowed in!). Good to be here - a rare Sunday afternoon when the kids aren't bickering, himself is off playing in the woods and the ironong is up to date :) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	gillo 2009-02-01 05:31 pm UTC (link)
	Durham's always gorgeous, if lethal, in the snow. My school is always open, even when most of the West Midlands schools are shut. It would take an Amends -style miracle for us to have a snow day! (Reply to this) (Parent)

kazzy_cee
2009-02-01 04:16 pm UTC (link)

I got all excited earlier because we had big fluffy settling on the ground flakes, but it's stopped and all disappeared now! :(

I'm rather hoping that it will snow heavily tonight and tomorrow because Mr Cee has to go to Aberdeen for some training, and if they close Heathrow and Aberdeen he won't have too *is selfish and want him at home!*

Nice to see you posting *prods you to do it more often*

:)

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calove
2009-02-01 05:07 pm UTC (link)

It's stopped, but what's here is hanging on so far. Shame yours went so quickly - you're just up the road from us, so we must have just got lucky! It's awful purdy out there right now with the snow and the orange sunset behind the stark, black trees - and look! Past five and still light! YAY! Spring is on its way. I hate the dark evenings...

Nice to be posting. These days I feel I have so little to say (clearly, if I can get so worked up about a bit of snow!).

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	kazzy_cee 2009-02-01 05:49 pm UTC (link)
	It's snowing quite heavily here now (6pm) - who knows what we'll wake up to! :) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	calove 2009-02-01 07:10 pm UTC (link)
	Yup - here too. Yay! Here's to being snowed in by the morning! Not that it'll stop me working... unless the phone line goes down under the weight of snow.... but at least I'll get a lie in :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	spikereader 2009-02-01 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	Well it was snowing here but didn't make much of an effort despite the encouragement of the girls, and the second attempt looked promising but has petered out and melted already. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	calove 2009-02-01 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	Disappointing, especially given the dire warnings/promises of huge snowdrifts and arctic conditions from the met office. Still - tomorrow looks promising, if less convenient for snowball fights and snowmen constructing. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ezagaaikwe 2009-02-01 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	Calove! 45 Fahrenheit here yesterday. In Minnesota, we put on shorts and flipflops at 45 degrees. ::joins you in snow dance:: (Reply to this) (Thread)

	calove 2009-02-01 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	Hee! Watch out for heatstroke! The snow dance is working - more fluffy stuff coming down out in the darkness. Keep it up, you clearly have the knack ;) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gamiila 2009-02-02 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	I'm off to do a snowdance for more. Watching the news, I think you might have overdone it a bit... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	calove 2009-02-02 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	Hee! SO pretty. Kids had a Snow Day today, so no early morning dash to the bus stop on icy roads. Still had to work but manged to find time to build a Snow Penguin :) Not sure if it's due to last much lomger, but it is still snowing (just) Any snow over there? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

gamiila
2009-02-02 07:15 pm UTC (link)

There's been a few flurries, but nothing to compare to your snowdrifts. But I live in hope, even if our transport services keep giving out reassuring messages. Though if the extreme weather conditions do decide to cross the North Sea, I hope they won't do so on Thursday morning, as I've promised Joost I'll come visit him them.

You're not taking the children to school yourself anymore? They must have really grown up, then -- time sure does fly.

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calove
2009-02-02 07:45 pm UTC (link)

Alex gets the bus to secondary school, but it still involves me driving him the three miles to the bus stop (and often, given what a little g*t he is when trying to get him out of bed, the extra six miles or so to school, following the just-missed bus). Francesca is still at the same primary for another year and a bit - Jon does the morning drop off as he passes the school on the way to work. Usually works, although I HATE mornings, especially when it's cold and icy and I haven't time for coffee...

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