Here in Strathspey, in the woods and fields, it has been a
mostly snow free autumn. Whilst there has been snow on the hills, down below,
whilst it has been frosty sometimes and rainy often, only once has there been a
touch of snow and that lasted less than a day. Today though, the first day of
December, I woke to a white landscape. During the night snow had fallen and
settled and remained. Winter had arrived.
The day remained cold though no more snow came; the
temperature never reaching zero. The snow that lay was crisp and dry, easily
brushed off clothing in a cloud of white crystals. I crunched through the trees
and the meadows watching the colours and the light changing as the sun came and
went between the clouds that sped across the sky from the north. Catching the
low rays pine trees turned red and gold, giving a warm appearance to the
landscape though there was no heat in the sun.
There is deeper snow on the mountains. Tomorrow I will go
there. With skis.
Wonderful pictures again Chris, especially the 'golden' trees. No snow in The Netherlands yet, though it is around freezing point now.
ReplyDeleteWould I be right in assuming all this lovely scenery is out your front door Chris? Lucky beggar!
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ReplyDeletebeautiful - and lucky you! I'm over the moon that we have snow on our mountains at the moment and just hope it sticks around - got a fabulous walk up Snowdonia on Friday - pop over to the blog(Two Pairs of Boots) if you're interested - hope you enjoyed the skiing!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone. Terry, yes these photos were taken on a short walk from home.
ReplyDeleteSharon, Snowdonia looks wintry! Great photos. The skiing was good - blog post soon.
You're a lucky man living so close to such wonderful countryside Chris. Wonderful stuff.
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