We have many different words for snow here, Somewhere between 14 and 100 pending on where in the country you ask.
I think what you describe is large "flakes" of wet snow. "Slettakave", like a larger version of "sludd" or sleet in english.
+5 in the day here, -10 at nights. Really nice weather here, will save up some pictures to post.
I think what you describe is large "flakes" of wet snow. "Slettakave", like a larger version of "sludd" or sleet in english.
+5 in the day here, -10 at nights. Really nice weather here, will save up some pictures to post.
..."Slettakave", like a larger version of "sludd" or sleet in english. ....
No, these were quite small. Not clumped, not hard-frozen, but on the edge of melting. Meteorology suggested cold air 2,000 feet up, so they did not fall far in the above-freezing surface air.
Today the snow-banks are melting and soaking the dirt driveway. One big bank may take a month to melt. (I carted 1/4 of it away so we can turn the car, but that's my limit.)
Had a very nice short round on the lake and back through the woods today. The kids where helping each other, and managed the 5,5km trip with no bickering. -6c
Yesterday me and the boss lady just went a little bit further, without kids, they where at a friends place. Yesterdays trip was ca 8.5km, temperature about -4c.
The weather is amazing!
Yesterday me and the boss lady just went a little bit further, without kids, they where at a friends place. Yesterdays trip was ca 8.5km, temperature about -4c.
The weather is amazing!
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...On to spring! Unless, of course, we're not. Which is the way it goes in New England...
I'm booked for more "stuff"....
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Well, it's just past 9 pm so I guess it's time to close the door and put a shirt on. Starting to cool down a bit.
Is it always dry and warm where you are?
I'm booked for more "stuff"....
Well, there you go! But...techinically you're right about snow, but 45F high and 36 low???
Is it always dry and warm where you are?
Only when I post.
When I don't post it looks like this.
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Well, it should hit 60F here today. By this time we usually have peas in the ground, but it is too soggy and not good to work the soil in these conditions. Rainy tomorrow. One set of grand-parents is hosting an Easter-egg hunt which will not be diminished by a little drizzle.
I have started eating the tender shoots after the peas have grown for a bit, do not have to wait for the pods, the plants themselves are very tasty, just pinching off the top 10-15 cm of the shoots and chop them up, heat quickly with just a few teaspoons of water, add a little bit of butter, put the lid on and turn off the heat.
Or just use them raw in a salad.
The same with radishes, the leaves contain a lot of nutrition, just get the tender leaves, toss up quickly in the pan like with buttered spinach and a twist of lemon, or raw in salads.
A bonus of pinching off the tops are the plants get very bushy, and make a lot of flowers, so more shoots and pods.
The kids are done with the egg hunting, the easter bunny wrote a letter for them with a tip on where to look.
Or just use them raw in a salad.
The same with radishes, the leaves contain a lot of nutrition, just get the tender leaves, toss up quickly in the pan like with buttered spinach and a twist of lemon, or raw in salads.
A bonus of pinching off the tops are the plants get very bushy, and make a lot of flowers, so more shoots and pods.
The kids are done with the egg hunting, the easter bunny wrote a letter for them with a tip on where to look.
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Pea shoots have become quite popular around here. Hanh and I tend to eat them as a salad ingredient or a soup garnish. WEn you open the package they come they billow out like a bale of fibreglass insulation. I can't remember the last time we were able to finish them before they started looking a little tired.
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