ABC WEDNESDAY - Y is for....

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YESTERDAYS SNOW!!


We don't often get snow here in Carlisle, Cumbria

because we live in a basin which is a renowned flood plain

in the mouth of the Solway Firth

when it does snow it's usually here and gone in a matter of hours


so last night about 8pm it started and it settled

the kids got excited

at 11.30pm I took my camera out

and tried to capture the moment

-not very well I might add-

what with the light, the wet flakes attacking my camera and the flash going crazy

I hardly managed unfuzzled image


I hope it captures something of the moment





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Comments

  1. Anonymous3:56 pm, January 07, 2009

    Yes, Cumbria was on the main news today, looked very beautiful. hose were very atmospheric pictures, Saz.
    Here it is bitterly cold but no snow.XXX

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  2. Elizabeth4:46 pm, January 07, 2009

    Snow is always magic!
    Yeah!

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  3. Tessa5:28 pm, January 07, 2009

    Love that first one, especially. Dark and haunting, but with a hint of gentle magic.

    Cold down here too. Very. Do try toast slathered with Vegemite and Kashmari chilli. So warming...and very good for raising the serotonin levels without drugs.

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  4. Linda Sue5:54 pm, January 07, 2009

    Don't eat the yellow snow! First rule of snow club-

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  5. BS5 Blogger6:05 pm, January 07, 2009

    That sounds fun all having a look together, excitedly!

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  6. San6:52 pm, January 07, 2009

    Those photos are pure magic!

    Happy New Year, FF&F. May 2009 be chock-full of magic. Or at least chocolate.

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  7. Jinksy7:08 pm, January 07, 2009

    Brrr...nice, but nippy pics, FF&F. Make me pull my wooly poncho closer round my shoulders!

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  8. Daryl8:01 pm, January 07, 2009

    Magic indeed!

    Wanted to email you but cant find it...

    :-Daryl

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  9. Carol8:30 pm, January 07, 2009

    Great photos...love the one with the street light...sort of an aura about it...

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  10. cheshire wife9:31 pm, January 07, 2009

    Very atmospheric! Not possible to photograph snow here at 11.30 pm as we have no street lights and also no snow.

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  11. photowannabe5:27 am, January 08, 2009

    Magic for the kids and a perfect photo op.
    Nice choice for Y.

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  12. Nota Bene1:37 pm, January 08, 2009

    Beautiful snow...if only it stayed rather than diappeared in agrey and brown soggy mush!

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  13. Lakeland Jo6:39 pm, January 08, 2009

    we only got a bit down here in Windermere- I noticed you had a 'heavy snow' forecast yesterday

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  14. Suburbia8:33 pm, January 08, 2009

    What great shots, very artistic!

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  15. Hadriana's Treasures10:11 pm, January 08, 2009

    Yeah I took some photos of the snow at 6am out of the front window and startled a neighbour walking the dog! Hope I haven't traumatised him....:)

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  16. Stinking Billy9:48 am, January 09, 2009

    frumpy, do your talents know no boundaries? x

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  17. Bradley Hsi3:05 pm, January 09, 2009

    Very magical!

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Take the weight of your feet, draw up a chair and pour yourself a cuppa. Leave your troubles at the door and together we shall ride out the storms.


Saz x

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