Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... - A Meeting of Minds

***Hans*** · Nov 23 2008, 09:21 AM

Far too early for Christmas and unseasonally early anyway... it started to snow in the east of my country yesterday and today (when I came out of the indoor shopping center) I discovered mother nature had lost the colour on her palette in my town too. I shot some pictures near my house:

From my front door, looking left

From my front door, looking right

And part of the garden, looking out the back door

**Cheryl** · Nov 23 2008, 09:24 AM

Very pretty Hans! We had snow on and off all day on Friday, but very little lasted between the bouts of snow. Still there was some on the leaves we finally raked off the lawn yesterday (and our trees are still holding lots more...).

***Hans*** · Nov 23 2008, 09:26 AM

Because of a recent storm (last Friday) a lot of the trees are already bare here.

**Cheryl** · Nov 23 2008, 09:35 AM

A majority are bare here too, but it seems that the pear trees which we have (along with many of our neighbors) are among the last to turn and drop each year. I thought it was a fluke last year when I got lovely pictures of the pear trees in autumn colors while it was snowing, but it seems that's more the norm.

granath · Nov 23 2008, 09:58 AM

Very pretty!

We have a blizzard on, and they're predicting up to 10 cm (4 in) of snow overnight. I really hope the trains will run tomorrow!

Had to go out today to buy a new overcoat for me. I bought two instead, one slightly warmer than the other.

edith · Nov 23 2008, 10:26 AM

It's not quite as deep here although it is still snowing quite heavily.

This is the view from my window...

The storms were... fun here. On Friday it was almost impossible to cycle into uni.

***Pam*** · Nov 23 2008, 12:49 PM

Very pretty. We've had two snows here so far, but thank goodness they melted pretty quick. I really didn't want our winter long blanket of snow to start this early

Nina · Nov 23 2008, 12:59 PM

It snowed here as well friday, saturday, and today the snow is just lying about looking white like your photos, Hans, making driving more fun

Since there is no wind it is lovely to walk outside and it does not even seem cold.

P'ter · Nov 23 2008, 01:46 PM

Hans: why is there a dentist's chair outside your front door (photo 2)?

***Hans*** · Nov 23 2008, 02:05 PM

It's the neighbour's friend's 'scootmobile'. She can't walk very good so has one of those senior people scooters with comfy seating

However, there's no possbility of parking the thing in the house, so it stays outside. It's actually still there (just looked out of my computerroom's windows) and the snow on the seat is gone but she'll have a cold bum going home...

Nina wrote:

Quote:

Hans, making driving more fun

yeah... I hope it'll be gone tomorrow morning...

Sandi · Nov 23 2008, 02:20 PM

It's been cold in the Deep South as well. Sub freezing (very sub) night after night. On TV they said there was a dusting of snow in Eastern Alabama. Gotta love Global warming!

Greenrider Tresa · Nov 23 2008, 02:33 PM

Very pretty, Hans. We had some flurries Thursday night, but it was mostly gone by Friday evening.

Lis · Nov 23 2008, 03:47 PM

Very pretty Hans. It's been cold here but no snow yet

Lanen · Nov 23 2008, 06:15 PM

Snow was predicted here last night, hadn't started by the time I went to bed - but I woke during the night and ran to the window like a kid. The world was white! I was delighted and threw open the window, took a deep breath and just generally rejoiced. When I woke properly, most of the snow had melted - it seldom stays long here on the south-eastern coast of Scotland - but oh, it was lovely at 4 in the morning. Turned the pedestrian suburban cul-de-sac into an enchanted wood, as the street had disappeared and only the trees, the shrubs and the streetlights gave shape to the scene. Very Narnian...

~ Lanen, who is inordinately fond of snow

mawra · Nov 23 2008, 07:08 PM

No snow here, but it is cold.

kevia · Nov 23 2008, 09:31 PM

We woke up to snow here Friday morning. I live pretty much in the middle of North Carolina. Here's the view out my windows Friday morning. It didn't last long, but was pretty while it lasted.

p.s. How can I make my pics a reasonable size?? HA! I figured it out!

Lady Maelin · Nov 23 2008, 09:33 PM

Oh lord, all these photos are making me cold...brrrr.
I do agree that all the photos of the new snow are quite lovely...but unlike Lanen, I enjoy the frosty cold winters of Southern California...you know where it gets down to a chilly 45 or 50 degrees...just enough for a nice jacket.
I'll leave all that white cold stuff to you winter snow lovers. But for the rest of you who happen to live with those kind of white winters, but who are like me, I will think an early and warm spring for you!!!

***Hans*** · Nov 24 2008, 02:43 AM

Lady Maelin! I never said I was a winter/snow lover

Farclas · Nov 24 2008, 04:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lanen

Snow was predicted here last night, hadn't started by the time I went to bed - but I woke during the night and ran to the window like a kid. The world was white! I was delighted and threw open the window, took a deep breath and just generally rejoiced. When I woke properly, most of the snow had melted - it seldom stays long here on the south-eastern coast of Scotland - but oh, it was lovely at 4 in the morning. Turned the pedestrian suburban cul-de-sac into an enchanted wood, as the street had disappeared and only the trees, the shrubs and the streetlights gave shape to the scene. Very Narnian...

~ Lanen, who is inordinately fond of snow

Wow. what a difference 20 miles make (I'm guessing you live Haddington, East Linton, Dunbar, thereabouts?). Here in Edinburgh, my daughter reported a dusting on snow at 0230 as she walked home barefoot (new shoes!) after a strenuous night of clubbing. It was gone within an hour. Edinburgh is just very cold, very damp, very raw.

jube · Nov 24 2008, 04:38 AM

It must be the weekend for storms and the like. We had a respectable storm on the weekend, it rained, the wind went straight through you and it's supposed to be late spring here. I noticed 2 trees down as though they were torn from their roots when I went to work this morning and branches all over the footpath. That was fun, trying not to trip over anything.

Kater · Nov 24 2008, 08:50 AM

We had some dusting of snow the end of last week but none of it stuck. Had to brush off the car to go to work Friday morning but other then that it was harmless.

It is COLD though!! Brrrrrrrrrrr

Lady Maelin · Nov 24 2008, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hans

Lady Maelin! I never said I was a winter/snow lover

No No No dear Hans

...I know your not a winter, snow, or cold lover...but Lanen is

...and that is more who I was directing those comments to...people like her.

There are quite a few here in California that look forward to the winters, and any and all snow we might get in our local the mountians...for skiing and other winter sports.

Seems we are seldom happy with what we get...cold climate people enjoy the heat...and hot climate people enjoy the cold...well perhaps all but a few like me who really enjoy the heat....or like Lanen,in colder climates enjoy the cold.

Lanen, I do hope for you that you get at least one good snow...perhaps around the holidays...when snow is an added joy for the season.

granath · Nov 24 2008, 11:09 AM

I'm not a winter person, but that's because I hate the dark (5 hours of daylight at winter solstice). The snow brightens things up a lot, so I like it.

edith · Nov 24 2008, 12:42 PM

I love the cold... the cold does not love me!

More snow today but it didn't stick!

Nina · Nov 24 2008, 04:34 PM

At work it started snowing and snowing today:

It was beautiful

Even the artificial lake was frozen with snow on top!

Lanen · Nov 24 2008, 06:18 PM

Wow, Nina, how gorgeous!

I'm jealous.

Farclas, you're not far out - I'm in beautiful downtown Prestonpans. This close to the water, snow seldom lasts long, alas.

And Granath - I know, the winter lack-of-daylight occasionally gets me, but then I start thinking 'how Dickensian!' and go for a walk outside in the bracing air, and I'm ok again. Though the going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark thing can be a real bummer. I'm sure that's why Christmas celebrations in the UK tend to close down offices for the whole week between Christmas and New Year - in the darkest nights, you need to be able to hibernate!

Thanks for the wishes for a snowy Christmas - that would be brilliant! Snowed in with my honey safely at home and with nothing to do but enjoy each other's company - yep, that's heaven!

sjslack · Nov 24 2008, 06:22 PM

Uh-oh...>.>

I may be putting a damner on things, but snow's nice when I'm inside and don't have to leave the house for a few days. Past that, it just turns into slush faster than you can dust off your old sledge.

Although it does look pretty whilst it lasts...I guess the walk to Uni would be nicer to view...if a lot colder. We had a few half-hearted flakes last week, but nothing heavy.

Emma-Jayde · Nov 24 2008, 08:36 PM

So, if it's snowing where a lot of you guys are... And it snowed on the snow fields down here in Oz over the weekend.... Where is summer hiding?

Lady Maelin · Nov 25 2008, 01:14 AM

Lanen...I will certainly keep those thought for a Christmas snow, and a warm cuddly fire for you and Steven, strong and constant.

r2005 · Nov 25 2008, 11:19 AM

There's snow up in my area, too, but only a couple of inches. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before we get hit with a really huge snow storm.

Although, I saw some flurries in October when the ground was still warm enough that it melted the moment it hit the ground.

P'ter · Nov 25 2008, 01:13 PM

Emma-Jayde: he's in the Summer Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Samhraidh) of course.

Lanen · Nov 25 2008, 04:42 PM

P'ter, I knew there was a reason I loved you!

Of course, the Summer Isles are just a myth. Here in Scotland, we need something to believe in, after all! I mean, ok, you can find them on a map - and it's a great name - but based only in myth, alas.

P'ter · Nov 25 2008, 05:39 PM

WOW!! I've camped on a MYTH?

I've heard of Scotch Myth and thought I'd seen one (or a hundred)

Lady Maelin · Nov 25 2008, 09:51 PM

WOW !!! Scotland has *Summer Isles*or is that just a myth

?

Peter...I am not a bit surprised to hear you camped there....

r2005 · Nov 25 2008, 10:50 PM

So, today it's been raining really hard. It got rid of all the snow that was on the ground, but the wind is howling.

I just went and checked the temperature outside on weather.com. It's 45 degrees F, and it says that right now there is light rain and it's windy. I can hear the rain falling outside, I would not call that light rain.

Lady Maelin · Nov 25 2008, 11:05 PM

Well don't wash away *R*, keep dry and warm for the up comming holiday.

***Hans*** · Nov 26 2008, 02:52 AM

Scotland is full of myths and wonderful realities. I've been priveledged to have encountered quite a few... :hert:

jube · Nov 26 2008, 05:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emma-Jayde

So, if it's snowing where a lot of you guys are... And it snowed on the snow fields down here in Oz over the weekend.... Where is summer hiding?

Probably in outer Siberia....("Jukebox in Siberia" - Skyhooks)

Nice photos all but no go on the "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas" in OZ, put another snag on the barbie

instead.

***Hans*** · Nov 26 2008, 05:40 AM

shag on the barbie... oh, hang on... *puts his glasses on*

Solitary · Nov 26 2008, 08:28 PM

I'm drooling over your pictures Hans.............I want snow

Nov 23 2008, 09:21 AM	#1
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Dodger by Terry Pratchett	Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Far too early for Christmas and unseasonally early anyway... it started to snow in the east of my country yesterday and today (when I came out of the indoor shopping center) I discovered mother nature had lost the colour on her palette in my town too. I shot some pictures near my house: From my front door, looking left From my front door, looking right And part of the garden, looking out the back door __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Nov 23 2008, 09:24 AM	#2
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Paladin of Souls (Bujold)	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Very pretty Hans! We had snow on and off all day on Friday, but very little lasted between the bouts of snow. Still there was some on the leaves we finally raked off the lawn yesterday (and our trees are still holding lots more...). __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.

Nov 23 2008, 09:26 AM	#3
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Dodger by Terry Pratchett	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Because of a recent storm (last Friday) a lot of the trees are already bare here. __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Nov 23 2008, 09:35 AM	#4
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Paladin of Souls (Bujold)	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... A majority are bare here too, but it seems that the pear trees which we have (along with many of our neighbors) are among the last to turn and drop each year. I thought it was a fluke last year when I got lovely pictures of the pear trees in autumn colors while it was snowing, but it seems that's more the norm. __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.

Nov 23 2008, 09:58 AM	#5
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Gender: F Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: Hobb: City of Dragons	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Very pretty! We have a blizzard on, and they're predicting up to 10 cm (4 in) of snow overnight. I really hope the trains will run tomorrow! Had to go out today to buy a new overcoat for me. I bought two instead, one slightly warmer than the other. __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

Nov 23 2008, 10:26 AM	#6
edith Dragonrider Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Delft Gender: F Fan of: Most of them :) Now Reading: Don't You Have Time To Think- RP Feynman	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... It's not quite as deep here although it is still snowing quite heavily. This is the view from my window... The storms were... fun here. On Friday it was almost impossible to cycle into uni. __________________ "Should a rocket explode upon starting, it is called a "hard start." " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergolic

Nov 23 2008, 12:49 PM	#7
*Pam* Heptite Guildmaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Four Corners Fan of: Lars Dahl	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Very pretty. We've had two snows here so far, but thank goodness they melted pretty quick. I really didn't want our winter long blanket of snow to start this early __________________ You can take me down, you can show me your home. Not the place where you live, but the place where you belong. ~Toad the Wet Sprocket The Crystal Singer Continuum

Nov 23 2008, 12:59 PM	#8
Nina Talent Finder Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Denmark Gender: F Fan of: The Talent series Now Reading: almost a book a day	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... It snowed here as well friday, saturday, and today the snow is just lying about looking white like your photos, Hans, making driving more fun Since there is no wind it is lovely to walk outside and it does not even seem cold. __________________ Nina The Rowan is my favourite! "The name rowan is believed to derive from the Norse runa - "a charm". It was often planted outside houses to ward off witches. On May Day a spray of rowan leaves was hung over doors to repel evil, and wells dressed with rowan to keep witches away. The rowan, or mountain ash, is found commonly in Scotland, sometimes clinging to a rock face."

Nov 23 2008, 01:46 PM	#9
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: Didius Falco Series	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Hans: why is there a dentist's chair outside your front door (photo 2)? __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) More Bach than sound bite!

Nov 23 2008, 02:20 PM	#11
Sandi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Gender: F	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... It's been cold in the Deep South as well. Sub freezing (very sub) night after night. On TV they said there was a dusting of snow in Eastern Alabama. Gotta love Global warming!

Nov 23 2008, 02:33 PM	#12
Greenrider Tresa The Contrary Planetary Brain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Gender: F Now Reading: ST: VOY: Unworthy	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Very pretty, Hans. We had some flurries Thursday night, but it was mostly gone by Friday evening. __________________ Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul! They are its actions, but they are not its essence. Akhenaton? (c. B.C. 1375) Egyptian King and Monotheist

Nov 23 2008, 03:47 PM	#13
Lis Ballybran Resident Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Gender: F Fan of: All	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Very pretty Hans. It's been cold here but no snow yet

Nov 23 2008, 06:15 PM	#14
Lanen Kaelar of Kolmar Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Body in Scotland, head in Kolmar Gender: F Fan of: The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Winds of Change and Shaping	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Snow was predicted here last night, hadn't started by the time I went to bed - but I woke during the night and ran to the window like a kid. The world was white! I was delighted and threw open the window, took a deep breath and just generally rejoiced. When I woke properly, most of the snow had melted - it seldom stays long here on the south-eastern coast of Scotland - but oh, it was lovely at 4 in the morning. Turned the pedestrian suburban cul-de-sac into an enchanted wood, as the street had disappeared and only the trees, the shrubs and the streetlights gave shape to the scene. Very Narnian... ~ Lanen, who is inordinately fond of snow

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Nov 23 2008, 09:31 PM	#16
kevia Ballybran Resident Tuner Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Georgia Gender: F Fan of: Nimisha's Ship Now Reading: Crystal Line	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... We woke up to snow here Friday morning. I live pretty much in the middle of North Carolina. Here's the view out my windows Friday morning. It didn't last long, but was pretty while it lasted. p.s. How can I make my pics a reasonable size?? HA! I figured it out! __________________ Kevia Last edited by kevia; Nov 25 2008 at 04:22 PM.

Nov 23 2008, 09:33 PM	#17
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Oh lord, all these photos are making me cold...brrrr. I do agree that all the photos of the new snow are quite lovely...but unlike Lanen, I enjoy the frosty cold winters of Southern California...you know where it gets down to a chilly 45 or 50 degrees...just enough for a nice jacket. I'll leave all that white cold stuff to you winter snow lovers. But for the rest of you who happen to live with those kind of white winters, but who are like me, I will think an early and warm spring for you!!! __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Nov 24 2008, 02:43 AM	#18
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Dodger by Terry Pratchett	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Lady Maelin! I never said I was a winter/snow lover __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Nov 24 2008, 04:38 AM	#20
jube Dolphineer Journeywoman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Gender: F Fan of: Dragons of Pern Now Reading: Puzzles and my thesaurus!	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... It must be the weekend for storms and the like. We had a respectable storm on the weekend, it rained, the wind went straight through you and it's supposed to be late spring here. I noticed 2 trees down as though they were torn from their roots when I went to work this morning and branches all over the footpath. That was fun, trying not to trip over anything. __________________ Dolphineer Journeywoman and part-time researcher.... Find me on ebay..... Here'tis!

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Nov 24 2008, 11:09 AM	#23
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Gender: F Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: Hobb: City of Dragons	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... I'm not a winter person, but that's because I hate the dark (5 hours of daylight at winter solstice). The snow brightens things up a lot, so I like it. __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

Nov 24 2008, 12:42 PM	#24
edith Dragonrider Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Delft Gender: F Fan of: Most of them :) Now Reading: Don't You Have Time To Think- RP Feynman	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... I love the cold... the cold does not love me! More snow today but it didn't stick! __________________ "Should a rocket explode upon starting, it is called a "hard start." " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergolic

Nov 24 2008, 04:34 PM	#25
Nina Talent Finder Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Denmark Gender: F Fan of: The Talent series Now Reading: almost a book a day	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... At work it started snowing and snowing today: It was beautiful Even the artificial lake was frozen with snow on top! __________________ Nina The Rowan is my favourite! "The name rowan is believed to derive from the Norse runa - "a charm". It was often planted outside houses to ward off witches. On May Day a spray of rowan leaves was hung over doors to repel evil, and wells dressed with rowan to keep witches away. The rowan, or mountain ash, is found commonly in Scotland, sometimes clinging to a rock face."

Nov 24 2008, 06:18 PM	#26
Lanen Kaelar of Kolmar Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Body in Scotland, head in Kolmar Gender: F Fan of: The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Winds of Change and Shaping	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Wow, Nina, how gorgeous! I'm jealous. Farclas, you're not far out - I'm in beautiful downtown Prestonpans. This close to the water, snow seldom lasts long, alas. And Granath - I know, the winter lack-of-daylight occasionally gets me, but then I start thinking 'how Dickensian!' and go for a walk outside in the bracing air, and I'm ok again. Though the going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark thing can be a real bummer. I'm sure that's why Christmas celebrations in the UK tend to close down offices for the whole week between Christmas and New Year - in the darkest nights, you need to be able to hibernate! Thanks for the wishes for a snowy Christmas - that would be brilliant! Snowed in with my honey safely at home and with nothing to do but enjoy each other's company - yep, that's heaven! __________________ That which you do by act of will you must answer for. -from Winds of Change and Shaping, by Elizabeth Kerner

Nov 24 2008, 06:22 PM	#27
sjslack JourneyWoman woodsmith Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Derby, England Gender: F Fan of: Pern Now Reading: as usual	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Uh-oh...>.> I may be putting a damner on things, but snow's nice when I'm inside and don't have to leave the house for a few days. Past that, it just turns into slush faster than you can dust off your old sledge. Although it does look pretty whilst it lasts...I guess the walk to Uni would be nicer to view...if a lot colder. We had a few half-hearted flakes last week, but nothing heavy. __________________ : Inspired-Quill : Perception is a powerful tool... ...for it distinguishes man from fool. "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me" - C.S. Lewis

Nov 24 2008, 08:36 PM	#28
Emma-Jayde Senior Member Shipfish Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Newcastle, the merry old land of Oz Gender: F Fan of: Pern and Crystal Singer Now Reading: LotR, when I have the time.	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... So, if it's snowing where a lot of you guys are... And it snowed on the snow fields down here in Oz over the weekend.... Where is summer hiding? __________________ Logic is the sign of a confined mind that does not see the clarity of madness

Nov 25 2008, 01:14 AM	#29
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Lanen...I will certainly keep those thought for a Christmas snow, and a warm cuddly fire for you and Steven, strong and constant. __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Nov 25 2008, 11:19 AM	#30
r2005 Crafter Student Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Maine Gender: F Fan of: Dragonriders of Pern Now Reading: 1632 Series by Eric Flint	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... There's snow up in my area, too, but only a couple of inches. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before we get hit with a really huge snow storm. Although, I saw some flurries in October when the ground was still warm enough that it melted the moment it hit the ground. __________________ There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination, living there you'll be free if you truly wish to be

Nov 25 2008, 01:13 PM	#31
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: Didius Falco Series	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Emma-Jayde: he's in the Summer Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Samhraidh) of course. __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) More Bach than sound bite!

Nov 25 2008, 04:42 PM	#32
Lanen Kaelar of Kolmar Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Body in Scotland, head in Kolmar Gender: F Fan of: The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Winds of Change and Shaping	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... P'ter, I knew there was a reason I loved you! Of course, the Summer Isles are just a myth. Here in Scotland, we need something to believe in, after all! I mean, ok, you can find them on a map - and it's a great name - but based only in myth, alas.

Nov 25 2008, 05:39 PM	#33
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: Didius Falco Series	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... WOW!! I've camped on a MYTH? I've heard of Scotch Myth and thought I'd seen one (or a hundred) __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) More Bach than sound bite!

Nov 25 2008, 09:51 PM	#34
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... WOW !!! Scotland has Summer Islesor is that just a myth? Peter...I am not a bit surprised to hear you camped there.... __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Nov 25 2008, 10:50 PM	#35
r2005 Crafter Student Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Maine Gender: F Fan of: Dragonriders of Pern Now Reading: 1632 Series by Eric Flint	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... So, today it's been raining really hard. It got rid of all the snow that was on the ground, but the wind is howling. I just went and checked the temperature outside on weather.com. It's 45 degrees F, and it says that right now there is light rain and it's windy. I can hear the rain falling outside, I would not call that light rain. __________________ There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination, living there you'll be free if you truly wish to be

Nov 25 2008, 11:05 PM	#36
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Well don't wash away R, keep dry and warm for the up comming holiday. __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Nov 26 2008, 02:52 AM	#37
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Dodger by Terry Pratchett	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Scotland is full of myths and wonderful realities. I've been priveledged to have encountered quite a few... :hert: __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Nov 26 2008, 05:40 AM	#39
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Dodger by Terry Pratchett	Re: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... shag on the barbie... oh, hang on... puts his glasses on __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.