We went for a family walk to the summit of Dunnideer today. Yes, we ignored the dire warnings about temperatures as low as the Himalayas and failed to heed the the advice to not make unnecessary journeys as we braved the ‘Siberian conditions’.
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It’s February, isn’t it?
2 February, 2012
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The media may be proclaiming a Siberian freeze—or an Antarctic freeze for that matter—but I spent most of the day working outside, sans jacket and woolly hat because conditions were so mild and sunny. In fact, it was was sufficiently warm for the soil to be worked as only the top inch or so was [...]
Read more Snow erases the sunrise
20 January, 2012
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As I was putting the boys on the school bus this morning, I noticed that not only did we had a beautiful sunrise but there was also a snowstorm blowing in from the west. I decided to see if I could capture the moment when the two events coincided. By the time I brought the [...]
Read more It’s warm, or so I hear
30 December, 2011
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I was surprised this morning when I heard BBC Radio 4 proclaim a warm end to 2011. In fact, I was so surprised I picked up the camera, put on multiple layers of clothes, slipped into my overtrousers and jacket, wrapped a scarf around my neck, popped my woolly hat on, went outside and crunched [...]
Read more Red sky in the morning
8 December, 2011
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An ominous dawn sky behind Dunnideer and Bennachie. Related articles Breaking dawn revisited (stoneheadcroft.com) Sunrise over the croft (stoneheadcroft.com) Sunset, Plan B (stoneheadcroft.com)
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