It seems like a lot of children have cracked the ice with branches and thrown pieces of ice on the more solid parts. The Cosmic Photo Challenge: A cold start PS: Message to Dale. I couldn’t comment on your page, even after giving my name, … Continue reading The little pond is covered in ice
We had it cold two days ago, even a bit of snow, and then it was gone within a few hours. Temperatures are up to 15° C today, I’d call that spring if it weren’t so grey and wet. The rain caught me when I … Continue reading Shaken or Stirred, Definitely Shivering
Some things are meant to be cold. Icecream. Beer. Some things just ARE cold. Like this wayside shrine, locally known as “cold Herrgott” because there is always a cold wind blowing over the brow of this hill. And then there is the epitome of cold: … Continue reading Good Cold and Bad Cold
It might have been sunny on this day but the flag flying in the stiff breeze tells a different story: it’s windy.
Sometimes the wind around this castle ruin – appropriately called Windeck (windy corner) – is so strong that it splits the white and blue flag.
I don’t mind the cold as such – there is proper clothing to protect against it. But what really makes me cold is:
A fierce wind that goes through ones bones is what makes me cold.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Anything that makes you feel cold
Small devotional cenotaphs can be found in many places all over Europe, at least the more catholic ones. One in our area is at a particular windy spot between two valleys. It is known as “Kalter Herrgott” (cold god).
There was a short wintry spell last week. Just enough to build a trio of small snowmen.
And it was just cold enough to catch those three frost noses.
The Ragtag prompt today, was a Scottish word, oorie. I had to look it up (and I feel reassured by the fact that some native English speakers had to, as well) and the Collins Dictionary defines it as “gloomy, dismal, or chilled with cold” – the addendum “Scottish” is almost unnecessary, don’t you think.
I immediately thought of this photo, which I took a few years ago.
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