COLD DARK ROOM

[Moozillion]

Poland one year it was -40°C. I was walking on the frozen Baltic.
Ridiculous.

That’s hard to even IMAGINE!! [emoji33]

 

[Moozillion]

It's not usually that cold there. I got unlucky that winter.
I once visited a small village by a dried up river in the Algerian Sahara, it hadn't rained for nearly ten years and the wells were running dry, they were pretty much doomed when it started raining the night I arrived.
They blessed me and claimed I was a gift from Allah, bestowed gifts upon me and offered me their daughters and friendship for life.
After two days of rain, the flooding started, the roads got washed away, so did their crops and half the buildings fell down. The river overflowed and the water was full of 9 years of garbage dumped by the next village upstream into the dry river bed.
The people cursed me and said I was the spawn of Satan and could I please leave the village before they did unspeakable things to my toes and my camels.
I left.

SERIOUSLY??!?! [emoji33]

 

[AZtortMom]

It is not as cold as it looks, 30, 5 F or -0,8 C.
When the fog freezes to trees it looks lovely !!! Like that :

Brrrrrr!

 

[AZtortMom]

Ladies and gentleman, lovely roommates, as we are talking about the weather and how cold it is everywhere, what do you think about these pictures ? Actual views of today:View attachment 224286

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sheeps in the snow .....


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Beautiful but chilly!

 

[AZtortMom]

Having grown up at the foot of the Yorkshire Dales, snow was just a nuisance. We always had to dig our drive out before school so Dad could drive to work and then join the other kids on our road to dig through the mound left by the snow plough across the end of our road (the main Leeds-Harrogate road got ploughed, but the side roads didn’t)

It looks pretty, but I still can’t get excited by it. Here in Kent, nobody knows how to drive in snow ... they’re dangerous! Fortunately we only get heavy snow about once a decade. The last really heavy lot was in 2010. This was 7 years ago today
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That’s how I felt about the snow when I lived in New Jersey and Illinois [emoji57]

 

[AZtortMom]

Okay !
Better ????

I would love to be here !
I can feel the warm, soft sand under my naked feet. I can smell the slightly touch of salty water in the air. The seagulls are shouting like everytime and the warmth of the bright sun flood my body deep into my heart and soul.....
I can barely comprehend the beauty I see and the warm, light wind touches my body and plays with my hair.
I am home....

Now this is more of my liking [emoji173]️[emoji173]️

 

[AZtortMom]

Good afternoon roommates [emoji1]

 

[AZtortMom]

@Tidgy's Dad , how about a group with this guy, yourself and me? Anyone who wants to join us is most welcome.

Not mine either. ​

I agree

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

He should have arrived. He went on his motor bike.

Sorry to hear it's getting colder.

Even by motorbike it's several days from Amman.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

lift - elevator
ladder - runner (in one's nylons)

Yes, I like running in my nylons, too.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

SERIOUSLY??!?! [emoji33]

Mostly, yes.
It was brilliant and scary at the same time.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good afternoon roommates [emoji1]

Good afternoon, Noel.
I am turning into an icicle.

 

[JSWallace]

Can you delay until nearer Christmas please? I need to get to Buxton on the 15th and home on the 17th. If Jane, who lives at low altitude, has snow there is no hope of celebrating Mum’s birthday at the top of the Pennines!

Very true. The Snake pass was shut last week due to the snow. Hopefully Sabine can send us some justin time for Christmas?

 

[Kristoff]

Today at the Christmas market, my daughter interrogated Santa on whether he’s received her letter and whether he is planning to get her that Lego train she’d asked for. Santa, being an honest man, turned to me for the answers. I’m thinking he might not be real after all. [emoji848]
And has anyone seen where my hedgehog went? I’m not done with decorating it yet!

 

[Maro2Bear]

Wow..... I go out kayaking for a few hours and five plus pages of Trivial Pursuit and weather and sheep and frost and moons have passed me buy. I'm sure a few xmas cards, n wild tortoise or armadillo sightings too.

In addition to 1000's of migratory Canadian geese, Blue Herons, 100s of ducks, cormorants, a few flocks of migratory Trumpet Swans...we also saw about 6-7 American Bald Eagles. So cool. Not a bad snap considering we are bobbong in the Chesapeake Bay...

 

[JSWallace]

Yes you are right, that's a very cool picture. Such a majestic bird, sounds like you have had a good Sunday!

 

[Bee62]

That’s hard to even IMAGINE!! [emoji33]

I know temps of -20 C. That was cold enough. Too cold.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Wow..... I go out kayaking for a few hours and five plus pages of Trivial Pursuit and weather and sheep and frost and moons have passed me buy. I'm sure a few xmas cards, n wild tortoise or armadillo sightings too.

In addition to 1000's of migratory Canadian geese, Blue Herons, 100s of ducks, cormorants, a few flocks of migratory Trumpet Swans...we also saw about 6-7 American Bald Eagles. So cool. Not a bad snap considering we are bobbong in the Chesapeake Bay...

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Minor correction... We saw two flocks of migratory Tundra Swans, not Trumpeter. Here's a quick pix as they took off and circled.

 

[Bee62]

Today at the Christmas market, my daughter interrogated Santa on whether he’s received her letter and whether he is planning to get her that Lego train she’d asked for. Santa, being an honest man, turned to me for the answers. I’m thinking he might not be real after all. [emoji848]
And has anyone seen where my hedgehog went? I’m not done with decorating it yet!

Try do decorate an armadillo. They are slower.

 

[Bee62]

Very true. The Snake pass was shut last week due to the snow. Hopefully Sabine can send us some justin time for Christmas?

I`ll try my very best !