Snow flakes yesterday. [I need to update my list]

Of course General Frost hadn't forgotten us here this winter. Yesterday he brought freezing rain to make the footpaths treacherous, and today came the snow. In typical Berlin fashion, it comes in slow dribbles, and there's no brilliant sunshine afterwards, but the idea is in the right direction ( Read more... )

Frost on the ground this morning. Not as exciting as my annual snow report.

Saturday morning brought the first trace of snow, with a bit more yesterday evening. This seems to be the latest in the year since (my) records began, CLEAR PROOF that Global Warming is With Us Too Stay!!!!

Heading off to work before dawn yesterday morning I was surprised to see a distant aircraft coming towards me. After some time, I figured out "That's no plane", and the slow-moving bright thing coming towards me had to be the ISS. I haven't seen it in a while, and it was coming directly out of the west, with a full set of fully-operational solar ( Read more... )

Got out on the ice today, which was rather lovely, though I seem to have forgotten how to skate. All too brief though, as my twenty minutes cost hours of pfaffing around while the three of us all tried to move in different directions. We really should have sorted out that well-trained au pair years ago. *sigh*

It was about -11 degrees outside this morning, as I walked up the Hill, wrapped up like a space man, with a scarf wrapped around inside my hood, and two pairs of socks. It is good that I let my boots dry out properly last night. But I had Mick Jagger in my head to keep me warm, and now I'm reminded that "there's no such thing as cold weather, just ( Read more... )

Snow, later than usual this winter, and just a few millimetres, but it was really there, honest!

My memory is getting flaky. Someone posted thoughts of solidarity for protesters in TunBahrEgyptistan, and the same day I visited the swanky pregnant oyster. On a wall inside is a quote from Benjamin Franklin which seemed interesting in the face of globalised anti-oppression:
God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of ( Read more... )

Over 20 cm of ice on the Müggelsee right now [Fixed link, Feb. 2011]. Apparently this is rather exceptional for this time of year. (Thank you, IGB.)