Snowpocalypse

I can't believe we've not only gotten snow twice in the one year, but proper, sticks to the ground, lasts more than a day, omg it's properly freezing out snow. January (and the end of December) felt like a fluke. You know that once in however many decades, I-remember-when-I-was-young kind of cold. My Granny had even said that the last time she remembered cold that bad was back in the early 60s around the time one of my uncles was born. And yet here we are with the same weather in the same year only with more snow. It's largely thawed out by now (although it took it's time) but by the looks of the long range forecast we're in for more.

These were taken Wednesday afternoon (1 December). This is already a pretty decent amount of snow for Dublin. (click pictures to embiggen)


And then we got a lot more snow. Not just Wednesday afternoon but it didn't stop snowing on Thursday. As in foot prints don't reach the ground and you can't make out where the path or road begin. (That bit that looks a bit like the path is actually a small wall that the fence comes out of.)




I think the back garden pics give a better perspective on how deep the snow was.




I know for a lot of people this doesn't look like much snow but for Ireland it is. We can handle a lot of wind and rain but we're not a climate of extremes so when we get any kind of extreme it's a big deal. Looking at the current weather warning and long range forecast we've definitely got more on the way.

And so begins my regular posting ...

... or at least I hope so now that everything is back in swing again after the summer. I started back college last Monday, I'm happily volunteering and hey TV shows are starting back.


Friday night was Culture Night. Culture Night is an annual event which started in Dublin and has spread throughout the country where various cultural institutions open their doors to the public for free with lots of extra tours, events and entertainment. The queues alone for some places were insane and one of my sisters couldn't believe how packed town was with people.

I didn't get to see as much as I wanted because I was waiting on said sister to help her get her stuff into town so I got in later than planned. I did enjoy a choir singing and a tour in the National Gallery of Ireland as well as a tour in the National Library of Ireland and wandering around their exhibitions.
I think next year I should have a full scale plan. Or even better, I vote next year it's Culture Day or Culture Weekend.