Snowflakes

Snow flurries out the window at work. #ireland #dublin #snow #blizzard2015 #whitestuff

Here in Dublin, we’ve been dealing with overnight snow showers that are continuing just into the morning commutes before the weather clears up into cold sunshine. The snowflakes are not really that bad (for a girl who has lived in Utah and grown up with Christmas in Wisconsin) but because it is snow and makes everything slick it has made for interesting commutes since folks don’t know how to drive in the “conditions”. (Rain yes, Snow, no.)

The above is a picture taken out of my work window. In truth, the snow wasn’t that bad – this is at the maximum zoom, and then flipped to black and white to make it look like it’s a blizzard. Just goes to show how a bit of manipulation of color / zoom can change what it looks like is really happening. The same can be applied to many things in life.

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Magical Memories

Happy memories of the white Christmas,2010. The snow is gone now...

This is a collection of photographs from the snow in Dublin between 12/21/2010, which was all melted (due to rain) on 12/28/2010. I hope you enjoy some of the magical memories from my White Christmas.

Jacqui in the middle of heavy snow feeding bread to the hungry swans. The pond only had a hole in the ice about 3 feet in diameter – and the poor swans couldn’t swim – nor get to their nests which were covered in snow. Thus, they would come out of the cold water, waddling into 8 inches of snow (dragging their tummies) for everyone passing by – when they had food or not, in hopes of getting something to eat.

Christmas morning – hoarfrost on the trees – and sunlight catching on the snow/ice in the tree branches.
Happy memories of the white Christmas,2010. The snow is gone now...
Happy memories of the white Christmas,2010. The snow is gone now...

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I guess he has Cold Feet….

I guess he was waiting for quite a while on the bus.

The storms have gone, but the travel chaos hasn’t left yet. Unfortunately, the buses aren’t running – and neither are many trains. The kids at one of the neighboring apartment complexes have a sense of humor – and built a snowman at the bus stop. Although – it’s possible that it’s not a snowman – but someone stranded, waiting on the bus for quite a while.

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