Bitterly cold, still but sometimes a nasty bit of wind gusts across the
gardens.

No snow

Bird baths frozen solid. ...... well they were ;-)

Outlook to stay the same.

That's the S.E. Isle of Wight.

What have you got?

Mike


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"'Mike'" wrote in message
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Bitterly cold, still but sometimes a nasty bit of wind gusts across the
gardens.

No snow

Bird baths frozen solid. ...... well they were ;-)

Outlook to stay the same.

That's the S.E. Isle of Wight.

What have you got?

Mike


Should have added that the sun is trying to shine, bluish skies with some
white clouds.

Certainly cold enough to freeze the balls off a Brass Monkey

Mike


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Today, is the tomorrow, you were worrying about, yesterday.
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:26:36 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote:

Bitterly cold, still but sometimes a nasty bit of wind gusts across the
gardens.

No snow

Bird baths frozen solid. ...... well they were ;-)

Outlook to stay the same.

That's the S.E. Isle of Wight.

What have you got?

Mike

Central South Wales - a decent covering of snow - about 3 inches so
far and still falling - for the first time in years. The cat hasn't
seen snow before in his 3 year life and went ballistic this morning,
dashing up and down the road chasing imaginary somethings. He's been
out since 5 am and is still bouncing around like a lunatic.

Jake

On Dec 17, 8:53*am, Jake wrote:
On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:26:36 -0000, "'Mike'"

wrote:
Bitterly cold, still but sometimes a nasty bit of wind gusts across the
gardens.

No snow

Bird baths frozen solid. ...... well they were ;-)

Outlook to stay the same.

That's the S.E. Isle of Wight.

What have you got?

Mike

Central South Wales - a decent covering of snow - about 3 inches so
far and still falling - for the first time in years. The *cat hasn't
seen snow before in his 3 year life and went ballistic this morning,
dashing up and down the road chasing imaginary somethings. He's been
out since 5 am and is still bouncing around like a lunatic.

Jake

Here overlooking Swansea we have had what looks like 6 to 8 inches,
snow balances on every twig as there is no sign of any wind to cause
it to drop to the ground.
This is the heaviest snow I have seen at this time of year since I
came to Wales over 20 years ago, an#d only one winter has had more
snow, but with more forecast for later in the day................
Off out with the camera now.
David Hill

W Yorkshire - no snow. No prospect of snow. We're going to be an island of green in a whole country revelling in the heaviest snowfall for years.

On Dec 17, 9:59*am, Sacha wrote:
On 2010-12-17 09:13:54 +0000, Dave Hill said:





On Dec 17, 8:53 am, Jake wrote:
On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:26:36 -0000, "'Mike'"

wrote:
Bitterly cold, still but sometimes a nasty bit of wind gusts across the
gardens.

No snow

Bird baths frozen solid. ...... well they were ;-)

Outlook to stay the same.

That's the S.E. Isle of Wight.

What have you got?

Mike

Central South Wales - a decent covering of snow - about 3 inches so
far and still falling - for the first time in years. The cat hasn't
seen snow before in his 3 year life and went ballistic this morning,
dashing up and down the road chasing imaginary somethings. He's been
out since 5 am and is still bouncing around like a lunatic.

Jake

Here overlooking Swansea we have had what looks like 6 to 8 inches,
snow balances on every twig as there is no sign of any wind to cause
it to drop to the ground.
This is the heaviest snow I have seen at this time of year *since I
came to Wales over 20 years ago, an#d only one winter has had more
snow, but with more forecast for later in the day................
Off out with the camera now.
David Hill

A very light dusting of snow here, just enough to make it pretty. *
Apparently, the roads are a bit slippy but not too bad. *A friend in
Torquay says it's much thicker there and about an hour ago was falling
quite fast. *Here, we have sunshine and some blue sky but with clouds
rolling up quickly, so we'll see what happens. *But it does look as if
more is on the way!
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Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon- Hide quoted text -

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Well I got out and took some pics, a quick burst of sunshine then it
started to snow again, and we have now had another inch where I swept
the steps.
Here are some of the pics

http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...view=slideshow

Sacha wrote in :

On 2010-12-17 12:48:52 +0000, Jake said:

On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:20:23 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 2010-12-17 11:32:12 +0000, Dave Hill
said: snipped

Well I got out and took some pics, a quick burst of sunshine then
it started to snow again, and we have now had another inch where I
swept the steps.
Here are some of the pics


Same page not found message - strange!

Works fine for me (as do Dave's links in the oaks thread). Try
copying the link below and pasting into your browser address bar. If
it's spread across two lines in your newsreader, the second may not
be registering and that would generate the "not found" message

http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...flowers/winter
%202010%20Snow/?albumview=slideshow

Thanks

so much! That worked perfectly. I copied and pasted all of Dave's
links because of the linewrap, so I don't know why it didn't work but
yours did. Beautiful photos, Dave. I love the bamboo looking very
exotic with its snow coat but the lanes and trees look magical. Thanks
for sharing those. I'm just about to ring my Chepstow child to find
out what it's like there.

If it makes any differance too you, you can also copy to a folder address
bar, rather than open the web browser.
Saves a bit of time when you are doing this within a foder etc:

Baz

On Dec 17, 1:23*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2010-12-17 12:48:52 +0000, Jake said:





On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:20:23 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 2010-12-17 11:32:12 +0000, Dave Hill said:
snipped

Well I got out and took some pics, a quick burst of sunshine then it
started to snow again, and we have now had another inch where I swept
the steps.
Here are some of the pics

Same page not found message - strange!

Works fine for me (as do Dave's links in the oaks thread). Try copying
the link below and pasting into your browser address bar. If it's
spread across two lines in your newsreader, the second may not be
registering and that would generate the "not found" message

http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...0flowers/winte...

Thanks

so much! *That worked perfectly. *I copied and pasted all of Dave's
links because of the linewrap, so I don't know why it didn't work but
yours did. * Beautiful photos, Dave. *I love the bamboo looking very
exotic with its snow coat but the lanes and trees look magical. Thanks
for sharing those. * I'm just about to ring my Chepstow child to find
out what it's like there.
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon- Hide quoted text -

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One or two people have been out on the road but not enough to spoil
it.

http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...t=Roadeast.jpg
http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...t=Roadwest.jpg
http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...owbamboo03.jpg
http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nowBirds03.jpg

The sun is out now and no more snow due, we ended with 9 inches.

On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:32:12 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill
wrote:


Well I got out and took some pics, a quick burst of sunshine then it
started to snow again, and we have now had another inch where I swept
the steps.
Here are some of the pics

http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...view=slideshow


Not as scenic as yours, Dave, but showing the difference a couple of
hours can make. At the moment, the sky is clear, the odd flurry is
coming down but nothing major.

http://www.rivendell.org.uk/page10.html

Jake

Well I got out and took some pics, a quick burst of sunshine then it
started to snow again, and we have now had another inch where I swept
the steps.
Here are some of the pics

http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...view=slideshow


Hi Dave, here in Glais I mnaged a few pics but didn't get that burst of
sunshine you had. Lovely snow pictures BTW

Bill

"Jake" wrote in message
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:26:36 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote:

Bitterly cold, still but sometimes a nasty bit of wind gusts across the
gardens.

No snow

Bird baths frozen solid. ...... well they were ;-)

Outlook to stay the same.

That's the S.E. Isle of Wight.

What have you got?

Mike

Central South Wales - a decent covering of snow - about 3 inches so
far and still falling - for the first time in years. The cat hasn't
seen snow before in his 3 year life and went ballistic this morning,
dashing up and down the road chasing imaginary somethings. He's been
out since 5 am and is still bouncing around like a lunatic.

I love it to see cats go out into their first experience in the snow, they
run out, then stop because of the wet, shake one paw, then another and so
on, and they cannot see any of their favorite things, I could watch them for
hours.

Alan



Jake

On Dec 18, 1:25*pm, "alan.holmes" wrote:
"Jake" wrote in message

...





On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:26:36 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote:

Bitterly cold, still but sometimes a nasty bit of wind gusts across the
gardens.

No snow

Bird baths frozen solid. ...... well they were ;-)

Outlook to stay the same.

That's the S.E. Isle of Wight.

What have you got?

Mike

Central South Wales - a decent covering of snow - about 3 inches so
far and still falling - for the first time in years. The *cat hasn't
seen snow before in his 3 year life and went ballistic this morning,
dashing up and down the road chasing imaginary somethings. He's been
out since 5 am and is still bouncing around like a lunatic.

I love it to see cats go out into their first experience in the snow, they
run out, then stop because of the wet, shake one paw, then another and so
on, and they cannot see any of their favorite things, I could watch them for
hours.

Alan





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It's realy rough on cats as they normaly are going around updating
their mental map of their area and suddenly their map has been wiped
clean, no landmarks or anything else they know.

On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:54:16 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill
wrote:

On Dec 18, 1:25*pm, "alan.holmes" wrote:
"Jake" wrote in message

...





On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:26:36 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote:

Bitterly cold, still but sometimes a nasty bit of wind gusts across the
gardens.

No snow

Bird baths frozen solid. ...... well they were ;-)

Outlook to stay the same.

That's the S.E. Isle of Wight.

What have you got?

Mike

Central South Wales - a decent covering of snow - about 3 inches so
far and still falling - for the first time in years. The *cat hasn't
seen snow before in his 3 year life and went ballistic this morning,
dashing up and down the road chasing imaginary somethings. He's been
out since 5 am and is still bouncing around like a lunatic.

I love it to see cats go out into their first experience in the snow, they
run out, then stop because of the wet, shake one paw, then another and so
on, and they cannot see any of their favorite things, I could watch them for
hours.

Alan





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It's realy rough on cats as they normaly are going around updating
their mental map of their area and suddenly their map has been wiped
clean, no landmarks or anything else they know.

This one didn't stop at all, apart from sitting just inside the door
wondering what to do for a minute or two. Then suddenly he bounced out
and went charging across the front lawn, next door's lawn, the road,
everyone's lawn. Jumping, rolling in it, chasing something I couldn't
see. He's been out all day, just coming in for food and then back out
again. Since he moved in he's been inquisitive. Has to explore
anything new before going back to what's becoming his normal routine.
We have to be careful if there's a delivery lorry in the street. He
made it a few miles up the road before being discovered once.

The field next door looks fairly "virginal" snow wise apart from his
tracks - you can see paw marks with a large depression in between
where he dragged his stomach through the snow.

Mind you, haven't seen another cat all day! The rest must have more
sense and be staying indoors in the warm.

At least he should sleep well (and so should we!) tonight! That's if
he comes in at all of course!