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De wind nam verder toe tot stormkracht maar gek genoeg bleven de wolken boven de bergen hangen. Op een paar spetters na bleef het droog. Lunchen deed ik kort en op een spaarzame beschutte plek.
Vinden tilltagit till storm men paradoxal den mörka moln stannade på berg. Det stannade tort, det fanns bara några droppar. Kort jag ätade lunch på en glet skyddad vrå
The wind increased further to gale force. Paradoxically the dark clouds stayed above the mountains in the east and it stayed dry, except for a few drops. The lunch was short and on a shelterd and rare spot.
A very large turquoise round focal bead.. with chrysocolla, amazonite, freshwater pearls, turqoise nuggets and Bali silver..
The Snow Storm by Edna St. Vincent Millay
No hawk hangs over in this air:
The urgent snow is everywhere.
The wing adroiter than a sail
Must lean away from such a gale,
Abandoning its straight intent,
Or else expose tough ligament
And tender flesh to what before
Meant dampened feathers, nothing more.
Forceless upon our backs there fall
Infrequent flakes hexagonal,
Devised in many a curious style
To charm our safety for a while,
Where close to earth like mice we go
Under the horizontal snow.
So I went for a walk in the 'light snow' that was forcast here and ended up in the middle of nowhere in a blizzard! By the time I got home I looked very much like a snowman. Loved it though, love the snow. :-) Must have had around 7" in the last hour or so - yes!
Time to do some more baking for my special friends. :-)
Thanks to Skeletal Mess for the textures. ;-)
This crazy formation over Woodhouse Moor was quite scary...
Agfa Optima Flash Sensor and Fujicolor C200
This weekend, we were hit with our fourth major winter storm, just two weeks after the last, which dumped heavy snow on us. This time, we were pounded with 50-70mph winds, and 5-7 inches of rain, all in a little more than 24 hours. The result of all of this is roads closed all over, due to downed trees and floods, or both. Getting around is a logistical nightmare, requiring a GPS and a cellphone. Sometimes the only way to get where you're going is to get input from several others who have been there before you. The GPS is handy because so many of us have to drive miles out of our way, through unfamiliar towns to try to get where we need to be. My son had to drive miles out of his way to get into Princeton, and many of our staff are having the same problem. Most of the roads I use to get to work are closed, but I was able to find a route that got me there in a reasonable amount of time. A bright spot - if all this rain had been snow, we would have had 5-6 FEET of snow, which would have been wind-driven into drifts. Still, there is a huge amount of damage. At one point, nearly 500,000 people were without power; many still are. I'm working with people who have no electricity or water in their homes right now. A wind-driven fire destroyed 7 large Victorian homes in the beautiful, historic town of Ocean Grove.
This is the corner of Washington Road and Faculty Road in Princeton NJ. A huge tree from the arboretum area crashed down on the road, taking all the power lines with it; you can see traffic lights are not operational. One lane is open, and traffic is being directed by police. This was a massive headache getting home this morning. I consider myself lucky - aside from water in my basement, I have lights, heat and water, and all my trees stayed put in the ground. I don't think I've ever been as frightened as I was late Saturday and early Sunday during this storm.
A sailboat hurries away from the gathering storm approaching Southampton. In the background is AIDA cruises flagship liner 'AIDAprima' which only entered service on 25th April this year after a two year delay since launch date
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDAprima
17 October 2016