I slept in this morning till nearly 07:00, because the plan had been to ride in to the office with lord_kjar when he went in to change the tapes for backup (other than that task he has the day off today), and then walk home. But by the time I did my morning workout and was dressed, lunch packed and ready to go he was still asleep. Since it was -33 C (-27. ( Read more... )

First of all, I am really delighted with the weather we have been having lately. We have had six days in a row with temperatures below 0 C, and on Friday night/Saturday morning we got a couple of decimeters of snow, which, thanks to the nice weather, is staying nice and soft and fluffy and beautiful, and I am ever so much happier. This is so much ( Read more... )

I have mentioned repeatedly how weird our winter was this year, and how little snow we got. I just found this photo from a year ago on 21 April, 2013, which shows how much snow was left at the time:


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As anyone who actually reads my journal is already aware, it has been a very strange winter here in Luleå. While we did have some nice, below freezing temperatures, and it did snow every so often, pretty much every time it snowed within one to three days thereafter it warmed up to above freezing +/- a bit of rain, and the walkways and streets ( Read more... )

I have already mentioned what a mild winter we have been having--while we got our first snow in November this winter we had naught but alternating freeze-thaw cycles for the rest of November and all of December. We got snow in between the thaws, but not much. The in-between freezes were hard enough to stabilize the firm crust that the snow became, ( Read more... )

Now that winter is, finally (thankfully!) here, and we are enjoying temps around -22 C (-8 F) most days I am finding that I had forgotten the layering lessons from last winter, no doubt, because I never wrote them down. Sure, I know that on warmish winter days I need only my normal full length wool winter coat, and that when it gets really cold I ( Read more... )

When I walked into our music/dance/living room tonight to do my yoga I looked out my window and saw a beautiful clear stary night with a large, bright moon causing the snow to sparkle. So I did the logical ting and bundled into,my snow pants, boots, down coat, hats and mittens and went out to enjoy it. There is something magical about doing yoga ( Read more... )

I am delighted to report that the weather has taken a major turn for the better. Instead of those dreadful days of +3 C we had for most of Christmas week, I am delighted to report that the weather has taken a major turn for the better. Instead of those dreadful days of +3 C we had for most of Christmas week, which meant huge amounts of snow melting ( Read more... )

Life in Luleå continues to be wonderful; the winter weather I love so much continues. There was a brief flirtation with temps just above zero early in the week which, sadly, caused all of the pretty snow and ice crystals which had been clothing the trees to melt away, but the snow cover on the ground and roves survived just fine, and the world is ( Read more... )