Frosty Morning

 

I woke up to a very frosty and foggy morning today. Shortly after 10 am, when I set off for a walk into town for an appointment with my hairdresser, the fog had lifted; but trees and bushes were still covered with frost. With the sun shining, and no wind, it did not feel quite as cold as it looked, though. The photos above are from my walk into town, the ones below from my walk back.

Sculpture 'Vibrarion' by Xavier Veilhans (2014)

 

Mural by Mona Caron, Battling impatience, 2024.

Frost-covered bridge across the river between the city centre and the park.

 

At home, the tulips bought one a week ago (left) were definitely past their prime today (right), so on my way home I popped into the flower shop and bought a red begonia, which will hopefully last a little bit longer.

Birdwatching

The little Red House bird feeder in the cemetery has stayed in place since its last return; and the birds seem to appreciate it. The ones using it that I've managed to identify so far are Great Tit (very common around here), Bullfinch and (I think) Greenfinch. *

Not much use trying to capture any of them with my phone; but yesterday when I had my other camera, I managed to zoom some in from a "respectful distance".

* (Swedish: Talgoxe, Domherre, Grönfink.)

 

 

Icy Cold

 

Another cold and sunny day today, and I took my Sony camera for a walk down to the river to look for more ice and reflections. (It has a better zoom than my phone camera...)

Taking a photo of my own shadow taking a photo of... etc... 

 

 

Weekend Reflections

 

For Valentine's Day (Swedish: Alla hjärtans dag = All Hearts' Day) we had one of those rather rare cold winter days of sunshine and blue skies, and yet no ice/snow on the streets. And this big heart is once again in place in the square, right in front of the old court house in the background. (It has been moved around between a few different locations since last February when it first appeared.) 

The water level in the river is low, due to construction work on a bridge going on upstream. From the spots of ice along the temporary "beach" (not normally visible!) you can tell that it is really quite icy cold even if there is no snow or ice to be seen elsewhere!

 

Looking back towards town on my way home.

As you can see from the reflections in the river it was a very still day - no wind blowing.
 

 A frozen shallow pond, on the other side of the path along the river that I was following.

I was glad to be able to take advantage of the sunny day for a walk. Today we're again back to cloudy and grey - and also a bit of snow whirling about outside my windows just now...

 Linking to Weekend Street/Reflections

 

Playing with Tulips

 

I divided the large bunch of tulips that I bought yesterday into two vases, and put one in the kitchen window, and the other on my living room table. 

And today I took photos and played around with them in Picasa...