Tag Archives: winter

Feb28

hush.

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About the picture:

It’s an old barn in the field and during that time it was fogging, the sky color was light pink and below was light blue..I couldn’t really get the right color when I took that picture but it’s close to what I took.. It was so amazing feeling to see it in actual, what a great memory – Old barn on a snowy field, Janice Perkkio (somewhere in Scandinavia)

About the picture:

in January, frost -28, wonderful color brilliance, in Finnish Lapland, Sodankylä

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i came across both of these photos a year apart, taken by different people in different places

I’m so in awe of their quiet winter beauty

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‘winter knows to hush, still, listen, so the soul can speak.’

-angie weiland-crosby

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photo credits: both photos were found on view from my window

Dec13

freeze frame.

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Previous winners from hair-freezing competition at Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs / SWNS

Hot springs enthusiasts are hoping for Arctic temperatures in Canada so an annual hair-freezing contest can go forth later this winter. The yearly competition began in 2012, launched by a spa in the Yukon territory that has since produced some  hilarious pictures.

In the town of Whitehorse, a 10-hour drive from Juneau, Alaska, bathers dip into the naturally warmed waters at Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs. If the outdoor temps are cold enough, people can make their hair freeze into wacky shapes.

Contest categories include best female and male, best group, best facial hair, and a people’s choice award, and every category winner receives a $2000 cash prize.

“We kick off the Hair Freezing contest as soon as the temperature drops to -20°C or lower,” said Satyam Jain, a spokesperson for The Hot Springs.

“We usually keep an eye on the forecast to see how long the cold temp will last and start the contest anytime between December and March.”

Their website includes instructions on how to freeze hair:

  1. Dip your head in the hot springs and wet your hair completely. Don’t worry- freezing your hair won’t damage it.
  2. Allow the cold air to slowly freeze your hair. Keep your ears warm by periodically dipping them into the hot water. Be patient–all wet hair will eventually freeze, this includes eyebrows and even eyelashes.
  3. Once your hair has become pure white with lots of frost and ice buildup, ring the bell near the pool entrance and have our staff come out to take your photo!

 


Everyone is hoping for a cold winter so the spa can continue their long run of contests and for more fun to be enjoyed by the visiting bathers.

 

 

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“a lot of people like snow. i find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.’

-carl reiner, american comedian/writer

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source credit: nice news

Jan21

riotous.

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warmth and soul-seeking

winter below the surface

life continues on.

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“and don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. it’s quiet down there but the roots are riotous.”

-rumi

 

 

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photo credit: science hub  (nodules on the roots of the white clover)

Jan16

cold.

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 a negative number windchill temperature kind of week.

 

 

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“climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.”

-mark twain

 

 

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photo credit: michigan weather satellite
Dec21

another solstice comes to pass.

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“the grand show is eternal.

it is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising.

eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and eternal glowing…

as the round earth rolls.”

-john muir

Nov27

the beginning.

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 here comes the snow, tiptoeing in –

the beginning of a very long season ahead

 

 

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“the beginning is always today.”

-mary shelly, author of frankenstein

Mar5

warmth.

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after yet another unique and powerful winter storm

with lots and lots and lots of

heavy, wet, beautiful, pure white snow

i woke up early to a power outage

spending my morning in the library

with coffee, power bars, and locals

powering up, reading, talking, and writing

watching as a lovely grandmother

kneels down to her young grandson’s level

as she very patiently and quietly

teaches him and then lets him

check out each of his very own books

one by one

gently guiding him as he goes

only when he needs it

 when he proudly finishes his work

he loads each into his own little backpack

she helps him

put on each woolen mitten and zips up his coat

he holds onto her leg as she slowly stands

 they very naturally cradle their hands together

as they make their way out of the library

 back out into the world with beautiful white snow

what a simple yet powerful act of love

that warms me

more than this comfortable and welcoming building ever will

it’s always the people within who do that.

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“if a family has an old person in it, it possesses a jewel.”

-chinese proverb

Mar1

undecided.

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march arrives and mother nature sits undecided

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“the seasons change their manner,

as the year had found some months asleep and leapt them over.”

-william shakespeare

 

 

 

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ann arbor, mi, usa – march 2023 – mlive photo credit

Feb23

thunder ice.

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*the thunder ice cometh. 

 

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“thou art all ice. thy kindness freezes.”

-william shakespeare

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*Yes, Thunder Ice is a real thing. 

Thundersnow is so last year.

This week in the U.S. there have been a few reports of “thunder ice” or “thunder-freezing rain.” It’s basically a thunderstorm during freezing rain or sleet.

“It’s not something we see very often, but it does happen from time to time and that’s what we experienced across the country,” said Chris Bowman, a National Weather Service meteorologist. “It’s fairly unusual,” he said. “You get pretty heavy rainfall rates and obviously with temperatures below freezing it happens.”

How does all of this happen? Convection — upward motion of air — helps produce thunderstorms. But it’s fairly rare to have convection within a winter storm. Thunder and lightning are much more common in warm-season thunderstorms. When there’s strong enough convection, along with plenty of moisture available, a winter storm can produce thundersnow. And when there’s a layer of warm air above a colder surface layer, freezing rain and sleet falls while the thunder is booming – thunder ice. 

Feb12

*yoopers.

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It took a month to make some of the incredible snow sculptures that were part of the annual Michigan Technological University Winter Carnival. Phi Kappa Tau extended its winning streak to five years with a huge rendition of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. (Photo: Daniel Staelgraeve | Michigan Technological University)
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what you do in the winter (and sometimes in may),
when you go to college in the upper peninsula of michigan
* yooper – a native or inhabitant of the upper peninsula of michigan
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 “i wrote, and sometimes, when i was stuck, i hit the road.
i ate pasties in the upper peninsula and hush puppies in cairo.
i did my best not to write about any place i had not been.”
– neil gaiman