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Winter 2010/2011 has started!

Posted 20/Nov 2010 at 01:52 by woutervanvliet in Earth & Nature read by 25 people

Yes! It's been cold for a steady few weeks, but to my standards winter has now really started. I just looked out the window and saw a hare hopping through the snow.
It's not a lot yet, but it's... read more

Sweden is melting!

Posted 16/Mar 2010 at 01:04 by News of Sweden in News & Politics read by 4 people

The country has been covered in snow an ice since mid December.
It is not surprising that now it finally seems to begin to thaw that this is welcomed with some exaggeration and misleading... And... read more

Selective snow removal....but how long?

Posted 14/Feb 2010 at 22:03 by BeetleRed in Cars & Vehicles read by 32 people

Pulled up at the petrol station and saw this car. I looked at it closely and realised it was not a joke or anything, just a guy who really had not taken away the snow from his roof since... read more

Stiga Snowracer / Swedish classic for the winter

Posted 31/Jan 2010 at 23:45 by Geestman in Fun & Games read by 523 people

The must have for a snowy winter! We just... read more

Sweden Blogs - Part 11 - Serious, serious winter weather

Posted 18/Dec 2009 at 21:50 by Geestman in Earth & Nature read by 39 people

I was going to write this post last night. I was going to start with a sentence along the lines of: "while I am writing it is snowing heavily outside. Thick flocks are dancing on the wind -... read more

Winter, the most wonderful time of the year

Posted 16/Dec 2009 at 14:23 by woutervanvliet in Earth & Nature read by 101 people

I was about to give up hope of ever seeing the beautiful white snow flakes coming down from way above again. From my childhood I remember playing in the snow every winter, on most days of... read more

'Watching the snow' by Michael Franks

Posted 12/Dec 2009 at 19:12 by Geestman in Music & Sound read by 42 people

From an album of original Christmas songs... watch video

Sweden Blogs - Part 10 - Icing on the Cake

Posted 2/Dec 2009 at 23:32 by Geestman in Travel & Tourism read by 28 people

First real frost: -6 degrees Celcius when I got out of the house this morning.
A yellow full moon hanging low over the tops of the pine trees, small white icicle hairs on absolutely everything... I... read more

Sweden Blogs - Part V - The tyres have arrived.

Posted 10/Nov 2009 at 20:19 by Geestman in Home & Living read by 32 people

Neatly stacked up behind the trailer so not a soul can see them and get any ideas, they stare at me every time I walk past, to and from the car.
Two piles of four tyres with studs, freshly... Each... read more

Sweden blogs - Part 1

Posted 7/Oct 2009 at 21:34 by Geestman in Home & Living read by 13 people

OK, I moved here about 6 weeks ago now. After a terribly tiring move we finally settled in the archipelago just east of Stockholm. It was still summer. The apples were not yet ripe but hanging... read more