This Winter

[Rocky]

Thanks for posting Silli! It's starting to look as if my little thatch roof 'office' is going to get a sprinkling of that white stuff today. If the wind drops, it's a real possibility! I HATE THE COLD! ANYTHING UNDER 25C CALLS FOR EMERGENCY ACTION! Like hot Irish Coffee!

You know, of course, that over here in iglooland, I'm doing my best to stifle my laughter at 25C as being cold
It's 19C today and I'm loving it in my shorts and tank top with no shoes and socks. But it's still early morning and will be 27-28C later which will pretty hot for us here on the coast. Inland it will get up over 30C. That's when I begin to wilt.

 

[DaveM]

Well only rain wind and cold this side. Then again if I had to see snow here we would all know we in serious trouble

 

[shanered6]

It's started snowing here!

The lightest snow shower with the smallest flakes I've ever seen, but it is really snowing.

snow newbies !

 

[Rocky]

To tell the truth, I was a bit surprised at the snow over there.
Once in a while over here in late spring we will get a freaky storm that should have been rain, but we got wet snow instead because the jet stream shifted and let Arctic air move south. Thankfully, it's been a few years since this happened.

 

[shanered6]

its 12c here and cloudy just a couple of degree's to cold for a Tshirt , but i think it may get to 14 or 15c this afternoon so long sleeved shirt off Tshirt on .

 

[DaveM]

Rocky when I was at school we used to have snow in the town often but always on the surrounding mountains. I am now just no into it anymore living by the coast. We normally have very mild winters but this one is harsh for us.

 

[Rocky]

its 12c here and cloudy just a couple of degree's to cold for a Tshirt , but i think it may get to 14 or 15c this afternoon so long sleeved shirt off Tshirt on .

When I read this I made a point to take a look at the map and see that Scotland is further north than where I am on the 45th parallel. That accounts for the cooler weather. I always thought we were more or less on the same geographic level.
Live and learn is a good thing.

 

[DaveM]

These photos taken in Mid Rand this morning

 

[DaveM]

A bit I would say

 

[dazco]

I'd trade ya about 10 degrees of that cold for 10 of our heat. It's above 100 in the the valleys all this week and 90 in whats usually the cool area. Would you mind pointing a large fan in my direction....maybe it will blow some of that cold over here.

 

[DaveB]

Just for the record, Midrand is halfway between Johannesburg & Pretoria, about 30-35 km North of Johannesburg. Wow, it must've been cold there last night.

 

[DaveM]

I would take your heat any day thanks.

Looking at these photo it's seems wrong

 

[Gromit]

Those photos of the lion were taken at the Johannesburg Zoo - walking distance from my house.


At my house

At my son's school - not much work done today.

 

[CarlS]

Brrrr!!

 

[Gromit]

My sister's garden in Edenvale on the Eastern side of Johannesburg.

 

[DaveM]

Lol Well when the other members post their 10 feet deep snow photos when their winter comes I suppose we now have proof that we also know about this white stuff

 

[Gromit]

Just for the record, Midrand is halfway between Johannesburg & Pretoria, about 30-35 km North of Johannesburg. Wow, it must've been cold there last night.

Those photos of the icicles?? Some idiot left their sprinkler system on last night - those poor aloes are truly dead now.

 

[dazco]

Brrrr!!

Of course YOU would think it's unbelievably cold. After all, you Floridians probably turn the heat on when the weather gets down to 70.

 

[dazco]

Looking at these photo it's seems wrong

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What? Doesn't look any more wrong than a polar bear in the Sahara!

 

[DaveM]

What? Doesn't look any more wrong than a polar bear in the Sahara!

That is what I was thinking