Friday, December 21, 2012

The First Snow


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This post is especially made for my friend Janne from Skjerstad, who wanted to know what the snow in Romania looks like :) Dear Janne, I know you've got as much snow as you want in Norway, but in here there have been winters when we didn't get much of it! We had our first snow almost three weeks ago - and we still do, because it hasn't stopped snowing since! I took the above picture right from my balcony at home.




This picture was also taken from my balcony. My windows face a city square populated by thousands of pigeons. We've got a family of pigeons nesting near the kitchen window, so the kitties have a blast each day stalking them. In the square, even if it's snowing non-stop, people come and feed crumbs to the birds, because we must all survive the cold winter.







On my way to work, I have to pass through two lovely little parks. The benches are buried in snow and so are the trees, the alleys, the lamp posts and even the statues. It looks very pretty even if some may say it's not really organised. We even have a national joke, because every winter we hear on the news that the local authorities were taken "completely by surprise" by the snow :)))




This is George Enescu, perhaps the most famous Romanian composer (and a great violin player, who taught Yehudi Menuhin among many others). He carries the burden of a white ghost on his head and shoulders. I just love what snow does to statues, the way it wraps them in white layers of unexpected shapes. And the last picture is the view from my balcony at night :)





20 comments:

  1. Amazing! So much snow! We had a few tiny flurries in Nashville last night but no real snow yet. Thanks for the little tour too!

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    1. Enjoy the snow from here, Debbie, I can honestly say that Christmas doesn't feel the same without the white snowflakes everywhere!

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  2. ahhh......so nice.......
    where I live, snow is very rare, but last year we had 12 days of snow, temperatures were very low. that was very nice memory, actually, since we were all alarmed that snow storm will happend, so we were prepared. schools didn't work, so we kind of had winter break twice :)

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    1. Well, in here we must have mountains of snow before the schools close. But when I was little the weather was much colder than now and we had snow like this every winter. Heaven when you are a kid!

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  3. So fun that you have created this post to me!
    You are so kind :)
    You have just as much snow as we have here.
    And so beautiful .. must be nice to go through two parks on the way to work :)

    I wish you a nice evening!
    Janne

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  4. wow! what beautiful photos! you are so lucky to have so much snow. i would love to look outside my window and see that, especially at this time of year. happy christmas! xo

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  5. I love snow... but snow is rare in my city. I'd love a white Christmas!
    Hugs

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  6. Mehha what beautiful photos! you are so lucky to have so much snob . But in Chile now is hot !!!
    Happy christmas !!!

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  7. Superbă ultima fotografie! Toate sunt frumoase, dar ultima...

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  8. I love your pictures! I want snow! We haven't had a good one in two years.

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  9. So much beautiful snow! I so miss growing up with snowy winters! I love that statue,I would love to see more if you happen across them!

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    1. Oh, Yelle, I must have a dozen snowed-in statues photographed. I am happy you like them too, I shall post some more :)

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  10. Very nice view from your balcony! :) I was also wondering if there was snow in Romania, now I know! Nice pictures! :)

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  11. Beautiful pictures! :) Very Christmassy.
    www.katiescreative.blogspot.com

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  12. Beautiful pictures! :) Very Christmassy.
    www.katiescreative.blogspot.com

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  13. Merry Christmas! Have a lovely day x

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  14. Merry Christmas! Have a lovely day x

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  15. How beautiful! That first picture is like a postcard! Yesterday we got a bit of snow here in the DC area, but it was nothing compared to what you got! I love all of your pictures!

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  16. How gorgeous is that! Would love some snow right now, it is so so so hot here... Beautiful pics! xxx

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  17. Lucky you! So much snow!
    Great photos!

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