GARDEN SNOW SCULPTURE
While clearing snow that had piled up against my kitchen door and clearing a little path to the dustbin, I noticed a fabulous snow shape that had formed off my neighbour's roof. It is simply a heap of snow hanging in mid air, attached to the edge of the roof and gutter. Obviously, it is formed from snow that has been slowly sliding off the roof and I think it's called a 'snow cornice'. You wouldn't think that snow, which can weigh quite heavy, (you soon find that out when shovelling it!) could do that but, then again, that is exactly what happens all the time in places like the Arctic and Antarctic, isn't it?
It's actually thawing while still snowing. I snapped a few photographs while I got the chance. This, below, is the prettiest I have ever seen my dustbin and recycling material bags.
I still have the hanging baskets up from last year and was silly enough to imagine that I might be
refilling them soon to hang out on nice days in April, overnighting indoors.
Containers containing snow!
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| Suspended snow |
It's actually thawing while still snowing. I snapped a few photographs while I got the chance. This, below, is the prettiest I have ever seen my dustbin and recycling material bags.
I still have the hanging baskets up from last year and was silly enough to imagine that I might be
refilling them soon to hang out on nice days in April, overnighting indoors.
Containers containing snow!
The trickiest part of all this snowy weather, I have found, is when the snow suddenly avalanches off the roof and dumps itself in one hefty go on the path outside my kitchen door. The trick is not to be standing there at the time!