A snowy scene

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A snowy scene

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A local forest after our first winter snow-storm of the season here in Bonavista.
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That's sad!
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It's very different from the scorched earth which I had imagined Bonavista to be... :innocent:
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HansV wrote:
12 Dec 2021, 10:38
That's sad!
You want sad?
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John Gray wrote:
12 Dec 2021, 11:23
It's very different from the scorched earth which I had imagined Bonavista to be... :innocent:
Quite snow!
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This is "scorched earth" policy as practiced in Bonavista.
Guy uses snow blower for three hours (no kidding!) to clear the 15" of snow off his lawn, right down to the grass, so he has space to park his van/car/truck etc.
Of course exposing the grass this early in the season means the grass will be frost-burned - so next summer, lazy-guy doesn't have to spend as much time mowing grass from his "parking lot".

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For those who remember better times, there is always
Andrew Skeoch's set of sixteen tracks of birdsong.

I knew this area in my youth. One year I spent six days cycling Perth-Augusta-Nannup-Donnybrook-Collie-Perth.
Woke one morning outside Donnybrook and just lay in my blanket, for an hour listening to the birds.

Sigh!

If you listen closely you can hear a blowfly patrol past the microphone every two minutes.
I know that blowfly. It pestered me all the way to Gwindinup.

The sharp line that runs down the centre of the map, dividing the two shades of green, is the edge of the Darling Escarpment.

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ChrisGreaves wrote:
12 Dec 2021, 10:23
A local forest after our first winter snow-storm of the season here in Bonavista...
Nice atmospheric photo, you can feel the chill.

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stuck wrote:
12 Dec 2021, 13:47
Nice atmospheric photo, you can feel the chill.
Hi Ken; we are so used to feeling the chill that we get a special weather alert when it is going to be warm!

Special weather statement in effect for: Bonavista Peninsula. ... Maximum temperatures: 10 to 12 degrees C.

https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e ... ws1676cwhx

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ChrisGreaves wrote:
12 Dec 2021, 15:06
...a special weather alert when it is going to be warm...
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I got a weather alert last night because the overnight low was expected to be 29-30°F (-1°C, 272°K) :grin:
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