vrijdag 29 april 2016

Skies and ice balls

The flags of the participants in the Safety Day in Almere. It was a cold but dry day two weeks ago.

But I want to show you how it looked here yesterday, this is after one of the many hailstorms we suffer from this week.

Ice on the gardentable, the blossoms are beaten out of our tree in front of the house by the ice balls. Not much of a Spring feeling at the moment. Linking to "Skywatch Friday".


18 opmerkingen:

  1. A natureza tem destas coisas.
    Um abraço e bom fim de semana.

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  2. Oh my gosh Marianne what an amazing sight.. is this normal for this time of year?

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    1. No not at all, there is some arctic airstream from the poles coming over us with this result. We have returned to winter temperatures with frost at night......

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  3. Hello, love the sky and flag shot. The hail storms are dangerous. Happy Friday, enjoy your weekend!

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  4. We have been having those lovely icy blue skies too, and also cold falling from the sky, but ours has been tiny compacted snowballs.

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  5. Flags are wonderful symbols of a country! Unless it is raining I try to fly ours every day during pleasant weather.

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  6. Pretty shots. We've had hail and snow here too.

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  7. What a weather turnabout, hailstorms are terrible! Hope Spring shows up soon...

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  8. Hail is so commonplace in the mid-west of the US. I'm glad I live on the left coast.

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  9. It doesn't look springlike! We've had cool temperatures, but for the most part clear skies the last few days.

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  10. The granules are not nice. Let's hope that even summer is right siummer.

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  11. Het levert wel weer mooie foto´s op, maar het moet nu eindelijk maar eens warmer worden.

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  12. Similar weather in London with a hailstorm this afternoon.

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  13. That is not good for the garden at all or people either. Hope the crazy weather improves. Summer hasn't left here yet.

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  14. From the whipping of the flags, it's evident that it was windy, too. Hope the hail did not shatter any car windows....

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  15. Dearest Marianne,
    Yeah, once again the saying of the old people has come true. Wait till May 15th till all the Ice Saints have passed. It might not be true every winter or spring but it proved again that the possibility is there. Hope not too much damage has been done to fruit orchards and those that depend on income from certain crops that now got damaged...
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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