Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” ~ John Ruskin
I wonder if folk who live in places which are regularly and deeply snowy get bored of it – contempt breeds familiarity and all that?
For me, seeing snow never fails to delight. Yes, it can be a pain to get out and about. But there is nothing to compare with the thrill of seeing any kind of landscape, urban or rural, under a blanket of white. Everything changes: sounds are muffled; the air smells crisp; ordinary objects take on sculptural qualities. I love it!
We’ve had a couple of snowy days here in Edinburgh.
After all that busy-ness, things settled down beautifully.
The city looked gorgeous. Below, you can see the Castle, and Arthur’s Seat.
Hub and I had great fun tramping across the grassy areas of this park, where the snow was still powdery – just like big kids!
And I’ve had even more fun playing around with an app on my iPhone called Adobe Capture, which uses the phone’s camera to create the most marvellous kaleidoscope pictures. Here are just a couple of examples.
From this shot (yes, I know it looks a bit dodgy)…..
….you get this:
From this (it pays to turn the camera this way and that)….
…comes this:
And to finish off, a particularly icy, snow-flaky result from this shot:
Isn’t that just so fabulous? It is utterly addictive! Almost as mesmerising as the weather itself. 🙂
Lovely, Liz. We in the frozen north get bored of snow if it hangs in for too long or turns to ice and sits there! Otherwise, isn’t it lovely?
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Thank you Cynthia! Yes, I’m sure I would be the same if I lived somewhere frequently snowy – I guess we are all drawn to the unusual and unexpected. 🙂
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Wow, wonderful kaleidoscopic effects! And a few days of snow being around is rather delightful, though I wouldn’t like to live in it permanently, unless I was born in it, it’s hard to adapt to climatic differences, even living her in the south of France I have trouble adapting to to the freezing temperatures of winter and that inclination to hibernate, because we never hibernate in the southern hemisphere and so tend to resist it here or just get frustrated, until we realise there’s nothing to be done, but to adapt and learn to go with it.
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Yes, I guess any form of ‘extreme’ weather requires a certain stoic attitude! 🙂
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You see I don’t call that snow. Just before Christmas we had fifteen inches in less than fifteen hours. That is snow. And even that pales into insignificance when set against Canadian friends who have three times that amount recently. I think our attitude to snow depends a lot on the extent to which it impinges on our lives. Personally I wouldn’t complain if I never saw any again. 😉
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Lol- yes, fair enough! 🙂
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I love snow, as long as I don’t have to drive. We don’t get much in London. In Germany we always had lots and loved it. Those pictures are rather fun. Keep warm.😊
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I remember what a mega-deal it was if even the slightest sign of snow came near London, bringing buses and tubes to a standstill – happy days! 😂
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Snow can indeed be beautiful, especially in a gorgeous city like Edinburgh, but I’m still looking forward to spring. 😄
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Ah yes, what a wonderful feeling it is to see the early spring flowers arriving – that marvellous sense of fresh new life 😀🌷
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Pretty photos, Liz , and fun patterns from that app. They look like potential knitting designs to me? X
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You never know! 😉
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Beautiful photos and effects 😊
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Thank you! 🙂
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Just when I thought Edinburgh couldn’t get any better. #DesperateforsnowdownhereinDorset!
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Lol! 😂
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Wonder no more–yes, we get bored with. I feel exhilarated every year when it starts and then find it quite tedious for the next 3-4 months (as in, right now!) The kaleidoscope app looks pretty cool!
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Lol – I should have known to ask you outright! And yes, that app is such fun – a great way to generate ideas for textiles…..!! 😉
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Your pictures remind me that snow is something beautiful! Thank you and greetings.
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Thank you Cecilia, and warmest greetings back to you – it’s great to have your company on the blog! 🙂
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I’m with Rachel – #desperateforsnowdownhereinCornwalltoo! This very morning when I opened the door to let the cats out first thing I was SO excited. We had a sprinkling of snow! I took pictures of it despite it still being dark outside. Once it was light I discovered that what I thought was snow was actually hail – a covering of frozen spheres! Not quite the same. I’m like a big kid with the snow… provided I don’t have to travel anywhere! I live in hope that we’ll see a snowfall here one day. Meanwhile, your photographs are beautiful, Liz. And the app is very cool!
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lol! Fingers crossed that you see a decent snow-showing very soon (on a day when you don’t have to venture out, of course!!). 🙂
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There is a creative heart in all of our cameras. This is spectacular, Liz!!! I do love Edinburgh.
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Isn’t technology marvellous – always something new and inspiring to learn!! x
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I love those kaleidoscope patterns!
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ravishing pictures Liz… I simply love snow and snow scapes… i saw some pics of the Cambridges on their tour of Norway, and the pristine snow and fir trees bending over with the great weight of it looked absolutely beautiful
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Wasn’t it all so very gorgeous – would love to visit Scandinavia some time.
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