First snow of the year.

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It is quite a rare event down here in the Fens now, but we have snow, and they are very large chunks. :-)

I do hope they settle, so I can build a snow bear for my Rachel.

We have an open coal fire, so when it is cold and snowy, it is such a lovely thing to see, especially with two of our girls lying in front of it (see attached image). They are Hannah (tabby) and our new addition, Abbie (black and white). Our Chloe is always on the couch, but doesn't like being too close to the open fire.

It's just such a shame that coal is so expensive now, and I am getting too old to cut logs, but it is fun to use my chainsaw. :-)

Regards
Les

[John Lawton]

Hi Les,

yes, keep warm, I just looked out the window and it has started snowing here too!

I have a log splitter which is excellent to make smaller stuff after the chainsaw has done it's work.

We also get logs delivered late summer for winter use from a local sawmill, maybe you could do the same where you are?

John

[GERARD]

Hello,
It's soothing to watch coal or logs burn.
I worked for 18 years in the coal mines in Lorraine (in eastern France). The deepest I went was 1,140 metres. Everything has been closed down in our region for over 20 years now.
Have a nice Sunday.

[RGV250]

Unfortunately down south we only got defrosted show

Bob

[Fanie]

Here in the illegal British colony of sick africa it was scorching hot a few days ago, temperature was up to 32oC at night indoors.  You sweat yourself to sleep.  Expected, we are in the middle of summer.

Today is winter again, now 18oC indoors and during the night was probably around 13oC outside.
We all suffer from temperature shock.

Another disaster looming.  The "government' wants to vaccinate all animals here for the distributed mouth-and-claw disease, probably because so many refused to be vaccinated during the pandemic.  There are alternatives but BG wants his jabs in everything, getting it into consumers weather they want or not.  Sick to say the least.  Farmers are now securing their borders to try and keep the paid distributing parasites out.

[ken_k]

We could use some of your snow, it reached 39C in the shade on our back verandah this afternoon, our pet galah enjoyed a sprinkle of cool water from the hose. I will take the galah for a walk around sunset. It's 6.35pm and my weather station shows 36.7C at the moment, thankfully the on roof solar supplies the air conditioners power, the electricity supplier only gives me 2 cents a unit so use it or lose it.

[Yves]

Here in Zimbabwe we are having our summer rain season and it is lovely as everything turns green. Unlike in the north hemisphere, when the sun shines it is perceived as a rare particularly celestial phenomena but the rain here is very welcomed. LOL