The first few days of real snow were absolutely terrible, because it was around zero degrees at that time and the snow was turning to ice. Needless to say, ice is bloody slippery. I had such a miserable time slipping all over the place, hurting my wrist and bum and feeling so unsure of how to walk. My daily commute normally takes about 25 minutes, but it was taking up to an hour to make the journey because I was walking like a 90-year-old woman with two broken hips and a bad set of glasses. But, the story isn't all bad; now I have a new pair of boots with better grip and great insulation, and it's colder here now so the snow is more like powder and hence is not as slippery. Now my commute is down to about 35 minutes and the feeling of dread that used to accompany any remote thought of walking outside is subsiding.
And it's really pretty! All the white everywhere looks stunning. But unfortunately there isn't much time to see it, because the sun isn't coming up so much now. Case in point: these pictures were taken at about 3pm (and I edited them to make them lighter).
Only four months of winter left to go. :-)
7 comments:
Cool pics! Snow is hard to catch with the camera.
We had snow here in Vienna last night and this morning too. Now it already started to melt.
Susi
Although it has started to melt (because it's somewhere between -4 and 4c) I did capture some wonderful peak shots at 7:30 am yesterday. I'll be posting them soon. Yes, i got up that early!
Oh, I wish I had snow here.
Hey knitsista, did you get up of your own free will, or were you coerced into it?? :-)
Steffi
Raven, you don't have snow there yet? I thought that it was pretty chilly up there!
Steffi
Darn! You know me too well! I had to go to the Finanzamt before Werner went to work so he could go with me. And i brought the camera.
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