Snow

This morning, I woke up early to try and make a snowman with the snow outside my apartment. As you can probably tell from the lack of photos, I was not successful, this time because the snow was too dry and would not pack together, not because there wasn't enough snow or time.

Before this winter, I had only ever seen snow for one day on Lake Mountain at home when I was a kid, and a couple of days falling in a couple of European cites when I was travelling a couple of years ago.

Now, I think I know more about snow and the accompanying cold weather than I really care to know. And here are a few of the facts for your reading pleasure. :P

• There is really many different types of snow; it kind of makes sense that the Eskimos had different names for them.
  
• While it can be cold enough for it to fall, it may not be cold enough to stay on the ground, feeling sort of like light rain.
  
• When it does start to accumulate on the ground, it quickly goes from being pretty to very annoying, particularly if it melts then freezes during the day, leaving ice which is dangerous to walk and drive on.
  
• The fresh powdery snow which is so nice to ski on, is also too dry for snow balls and snowmen and happens when it is colder. (it is so weird to be calling something which is made out of water 'dry')
  
• While it is gorgeous on the ground in the sun and on a clear night, it is very grey and dreary when it's overcast.
  
• Accumulated snow is easier to clear off the windscreen compared to the ice that freezes there on a cold clear night, or even in the couple of hours between sunset and leaving work.
  
• It can get cold enough for ice to freeze on the inside as well as the outside of the windscreen!
  
• When it rains, it means it's warmer than when it snows. Obvious, I know, but it was the first time ever I felt warmer when it rained.