AndyID Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Ozexpatriate said: I thought you'd have a lot more snow than that right now. We had a trace of snow here yesterday in the afternoon - the first of the season. The temperature never dropped below freezing and the snow changed to rain in the early evening. There was more persistent snow at higher elevations. It was nice to see it falling and there was almost enough to make everything look white. This morning of course was foggy. That was yesterday afternoon and we had about another inch this morning. I've only had to use the plow once so far and that was in December. There's plenty of snow at higher elevations. I went skiing on Monday at Lookout Pass and it was super - good snow and sunshine. I might go again tomorrow if I can get up early enough. Of course there is some risk but I didn't go into the lodge and I was on my own on the lifts. It's probably less risky than going into Costco. We can get vaccinated now but there isn't enough vaccine. Hopefully there will be in a week or so. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 I did go up to Lookout today. Some time ago I discovered that skiing really helps my back. It was starting to go a bit wobbly on me recently but after a couple of days on the idiot planks it really feels much better The good news is I now qualify for a Super Senior ski pass at Lookout which lets me ski as often as I want for what I would pay for a single day lift ticket in Colorado. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimboBrit Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 South Limburg in the Netherlands. The windmill “Op de Vrouweheide” is the highest in the country at 216m 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 13 hours ago, LimboBrit said: South Limburg in the Netherlands. The windmill “Op de Vrouweheide” is the highest in the country at 216m Is that where they hold the famous "Netherlands Downhill Races"? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimboBrit Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 17 minutes ago, AndyID said: Is that where they hold the famous "Netherlands Downhill Races"? How did you know? Not far away we have the largest indoor ski village in Europe 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) We spent Christmas 2020 in Echuca, along the Victoria/New South Wales border. I previously posted a photo of the main highway leading to Echuca from my home in Melbourne. Here's a snapshot from my dashcam of a typical Australian dirt road with boring scenery to the east of Echuca. Edited January 30, 2021 by SRman 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Iain.d Posted January 30, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) Perth, Western Australia - this morning at sunrise... Kind regards, Iain Edited January 30, 2021 by Iain.d 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 and it just started snowing here 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 In contrast to Andy's snow, here's another from Echuca: this was right behind our friends' property on the outskirts of town. We were there for Christmas, and this was on the 27th of December, when the temperature went up to 39 degrees C. The 'roos tend to gather there a little after dawn and near dusk. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 My snow was nothing like our daughter's snow in New Jersey. They got clobbered with two feet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 3 hours ago, AndyID said: My snow was nothing like our daughter's snow in New Jersey. They got clobbered with two feet You do keep setting them up: https://memeguy.com/photo/285717/two-feet-of-snow 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 On 02/02/2021 at 19:57, pH said: You do keep setting them up: https://memeguy.com/photo/285717/two-feet-of-snow As it turned out it was three feet 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2021 9 hours ago, AndyID said: As it turned out it was three feet Mike. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Yippee! We got our first COVID vaccinations today. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) A few views from my local area, taken when on our walks back in May 2020, while we were under lockdown conditions. We were allowed out for exercise within a limited radius of home. The first view is looking down my own street, the rest are all in nearby streets. (Spread over a couple of posts because of size limits). Edited February 6, 2021 by SRman 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Note that May is late Autumn over here! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimboBrit Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 A better view of the local windmill. Tomorrow it’s expected to be covered in snow 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 On 06/02/2021 at 04:12, LimboBrit said: A better view of the local windmill. Tomorrow it’s expected to be covered in snow Should look like a Bruegel. Please post pix Should be slightly chilly here on Friday. The forecast for the Mullan Pass on the Idaho/Montana border is predicting a high of +3F and a low of -4F. I don't think I'll be skiing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nova Scotian Posted February 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2021 Nova Scotia, Canada. Beautiful place. Also lived in New Brunswick (has its charms in places). We had 50cm of snow today, but was too busy shovelling to take photos, so other winter wonderland photos from previous days and years. I’ll post some other seasonal photos soon, but at a 10mb limit you’ll get sick of all my posting if I do it all at once. Two of the city (Halifax) are from my work building 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimboBrit Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 8 hours ago, AndyID said: Should look like a Bruegel. Please post pix Should be slightly chilly here on Friday. The forecast for the Mullan Pass on the Idaho/Montana border is predicting a high of +3F and a low of -4F. I don't think I'll be skiing. Not a great deal of snow fell. We don’t do winters like they do in North USA/ Canada. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Not a lot of snow here so far this year although there is plenty on the mountains. But it is extremely cold at the moment and the lake is starting to freeze around the edges. I snapped these guys from our bedroom window. They are White Tail deer. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 36 minutes ago, AndyID said: Not a lot of snow here so far this year How is that possible? Downtown Portland, north to the Canadian border is buried in snow this weekend. In the southwestern part of the Portland metro we were treated to lots of freezing rain, resulting in this: The sound of falling ice and branches in the Douglas Firs overnight was, frankly, disconcerting. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 18 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said: How is that possible? Downtown Portland, north to the Canadian border is buried in snow this weekend. In the southwestern part of the Portland metro we were treated to lots of freezing rain, resulting in this: The sound of falling ice and branches in the Douglas Firs overnight was, frankly, disconcerting. It's making up for it now. It's been snowing all day and more expected tomorrow. We had a dreadful ice-storm not long after we moved here 25 years ago. Very strange. Complete silence interspersed by the explosive sound of big tree trunks snapping. I'd never experienced anything like it and I'd rather not go through it again. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Sunday turned out to be the worst impact even though there wasn't much more accumulation. We lost power for more than 23 hours and I have a number of damaged trees - the worst being a lovely symmetrical dwarf Japanese maple right in front of the house. It completely lost a major branch which represented almost 50% of its canopy. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nova Scotian Posted February 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2021 Few more photos of Nova Scotia, in better weather. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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