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Mad Scientess ([personal profile] nanila) wrote2017-12-12 03:52 pm

Alas, poor snowman.

As you may have heard, we have had some Weather here in the UK. A storm dumped a good six inches of snow on the West Midlands on Sunday. Which, since the whole of the UK goes into a blind panic at the slightest whiff of anything other than "10 degrees C, clouds and a slight breeze", means that the place has basically shut down for the past three days. The road network is an ice rink.

We have been doing our best to make the most of it, as Humuhumu's school has been shut. For instance, we built a snowman.

Snowman!
Keiki and Humuhumu put the finishing touches to their snowman. Snowman has genuine bits of coal for eyes and a carrot nose. He is also sporting a Robinson College [Cambridge] scarf.

Alas, poor snowman
And here is snowman two days later. Alas, he is listing hard to starboard.

[personal profile] cosmolinguist 2017-12-12 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
These pictures are the cutest. Really made me smile.
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2017-12-12 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
We had a foot here in Shropshire although things seem to have eased up now.
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2017-12-13 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Didn't stop us though! :o)
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[personal profile] miss_s_b 2017-12-12 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Looks like he's been at the cooking sherry
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[personal profile] hilarita 2017-12-12 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it's not like snow hangs round for long. Still, it's great fun for children - I remember some very snowy winters from when I was Keiki's age :)
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[personal profile] lurkingcat 2017-12-12 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
It's been a few years since we had enough snow in this part of the UK to make a snowman. I'd be jealous but I don't miss the commuting challenges that it causes :)
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[personal profile] lurkingcat 2017-12-13 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
One of our instructors travelled from Birmingham last night and spent an extra night away from home because he was so worried he wouldn't get here in time for his course start if he travelled this morning. It's nice that he's so dedicated but people really shouldn't have to do that.
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[personal profile] telegramsam 2017-12-12 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Snow is so much fun!

(when you don't have to drive in it!) ;)

That's a super snowman, those very rare occasions when there was enough snow to attempt one, mine always came out rather lumpy
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[personal profile] lark_ascends 2017-12-13 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
I wish I was diving into that right now, considering the current temperature in my house.
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[personal profile] marymac 2017-12-13 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
We got similar on Friday and then it froze and the poor oil man had a very stressful five minutes trying to get down our street before giving up. But the child and next door's dog had a field day, and Ormeau Park was populated with tiny snow people within five minutes of opening on Saturday.

And now it's all sleet and slush, ugh.
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[personal profile] silveradept 2017-12-14 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
That is a proper snow creature. Well done, littles.

And well done for capturing the moment where every well-constructed snow being resembles more Calvin's snow goons instead.
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[personal profile] gwendraith 2017-12-14 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
Really cute pictures. Poor Mr Snowman :)
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[personal profile] mysterysquid 2017-12-18 11:05 am (UTC)(link)
Poor snowman!

I'm always surprised by how incapacitated the UK seems to get - it's not like you never get snow there!
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[personal profile] ayebydan 2017-12-18 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I am very amused at how the South cannot handle snow. Gets me every time and they have got the same sort of weather as us for past few years. They should be getting used to it. Snow is not the issue here as it has been too cold for it to fall (heatwave in Auckland to -8 sob) but ice oh ice. It is several inches thick in my street. You can hear it crack if a solid weight is on it but never see it as its too far under.
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[personal profile] ayebydan 2017-12-19 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
It got me this morning. I was trying to go down town and I passed someone's driveway and I think them trying to defrost their car meant the exhaust fumes thinned the ice so I prepped for thicker, fell and have scuffed my arse. Talk about a sore one. Teetree bath was NOT fun lol