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The hat is back...

 ... and a new head too. A tiny head... but a head nonetheless:  Yesterday, the head and hat were gone. Two days ago, the full-sized head was there, with the hat, and the overall effect was much more sprightly and exuberant, with the cane flung upward as if dancing like Fred Astaire. Today, with the warmer weather, the snow is sagging, and the snowman, bent over, seems to be using the cane like an old man who needs a cane. [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Fred Astaire, Ann Althouse

At the Headless Snowman Café...

 ... you can talk about whatever you want. [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Sunrise, Lake Mendota, Ann Althouse

6:50 a.m.

[Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Sunrise, Ann Althouse

At the Snowman's Café...

 ... come on in, everybody! [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Ann Althouse

At 6:55 a.m., I got to put the first footprints in the new snow on my favorite forest path.

[Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Trees, Snow, Ann Althouse

I finally made it out to see the sunrise once again.

 Had not made it out since February 2. Just too cold! And I only need it to be feels-like 9° to be willing to do it. I've done these sunrise runs since September 2019, and — not counting when we were out of town — I'd only ever missed an occasional day, maybe 2 days once or twice. I think I've missed more days this February than in all the other time combined. Ah, well! I was happy to get out.  [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Sunrise, Lake Mendota, Ann Althouse, photos by Meade

At the Snowman's Café...

.... enjoy the conversation. [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Ann Althouse

Snow Again

I woke up one morning to the second snow in Paris this season. Snow is rare in Paris, or at least it used to be but for many reasons I didn’t get out early like I should have done for photos. I had lots of things to do plus a doctor appointment. When I finally got out the sidewalks were slippery and I felt less like exploring. The temperature never got above 30 degrees. Well, blah, blah, blah. Lots of reasons for doing little photography. The view from my window looking down below. I...
Tags: Travel, Photos, Snow, Paris, Seine, Frenchless in France

Snow walk.

[Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Ann Althouse, off-blog Althouse

Snow in northern England – in pictures

An amber weather warning for snow is in force across much of South Yorkshire and parts of Derbyshire, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester until 1pm on Wednesday. Between 3cm and 8cm of snow is likely, with 10cm to 15cm possible in areas above 200 metres Continue reading...
Tags: Photography, England, Snow, UK News, Greater Manchester, Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, UK Weather, North Of England, Derbyshire West Yorkshire

Thanks for not breaking our heart.

I set out in the snow to do my sunrise run, and I made it to my vantage point, which looked like this:   No sun to see. 100% overcast. And the snow wasn't stuck to the trees, so no "winter wonderland" effect. Just deep snow on the ground, making the run something of a trudge. But as I approached my vantage point, down along the shore, I saw a man and woman up ahead, and they'd slowed down and were slowing stamping about.  I had to overtake them, and my normal method is to get as far ...
Tags: Books, Photography, Law, Sex, Relationships, Snow, Clouds, George Orwell, Wells, Dostoevsky, Ministry of Truth, Lake Mendota, Ann Althouse, Petrograd, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Zamyatin

"Orwell never equated technology with progress. On the contrary, he wrote during the war, 'every scientific advance speeds up the trend towards nationalism and dictatorship.'"

"It was in a review of [H.G.] Wells’s scenario for Things to Come that he mocked what he called the author’s false antithesis between the benign scientist and the bellicose reactionary. 'It never occurred to Mr. Wells that his categories might have got mixed, that it might be the reactionary who would make the fullest use of the machine and that the scientist might use his brains chiefly on race-theory and poison gas.' That wasn’t fair at all. The creator of the Invisible Man and Doctor Moreau w...
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, George Orwell, Sunrise, Bad Science, Orwell, Moreau, Wells, H.g. Wells, Ministry of Truth, Ann Althouse, Dorian Lynskey

Snow in Paris!

Snow is pretty rare in Paris. I’ve seen it maybe six times in 20 years, the last time being three years ago. It’s really special to see it. I thought about going somewhere outside my neighborhood to have a look at it but ended up walking around near where I live. The Statue of Liberty didn’t have much on it as you can see. The figures on the bridge have some. There were little snowmen everywhere. They even made a scarf out of a blade of grass on this oe. Here’s another....
Tags: Travel, Photos, Snow, Paris, Eiffel Tower, Snowmen

I thought I saw a pussycat.

But it was just a cat-sized snowperson. In the bleak sunrise. Open thread. [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Sunrise, Lake Mendota, Ann Althouse

At the Sunrise Café...

... you can talk 'til dawn. [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Trees, Snow, Sunrise, Ann Althouse

At the Rime and Hoar Café...

... you can talk all afternoon... preferably about things that are not raised in this morning's posts. Please challenge yourselves to discuss anything other than Trump, the last election, and yesterday's events in the Capitol. There are 7 posts this morning on those topics, so scroll down if you want to talk about that.It's a new year. What have you been up to? Have you embarked on a wholesome sunrise run routine or anything like that? Are you decluttering and "death cleaning"? Have you read ...
Tags: Photography, Law, Trees, Snow, Trump, Ann Althouse, Hoar Café

At the Birdcage Café...

  ... twitter away. [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Ann Althouse

New Year's dawn.

7:33:  7:40:    7:46:  Open thread in the comments. Write about whatever you want. [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Ice, Sunrise, Lake Mendota, Ann Althouse

Big overnight snow storm.

How it looked from our window at 6:58 a.m.: [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Ann Althouse

Sunrise with snow.

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Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Sunrise, Lake Mendota, Ann Althouse

At the Sunrise Café...

...you can talk about whatever you like. [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Trees, Snow, Ann Althouse

Wordless Wednesday: A Snowball’s Chance in Texas

The post Wordless Wednesday: A Snowball’s Chance in Texas appeared first on BitterSweet.
Tags: Travel, Photography, Texas, Winter, Children, Holiday, Snow, Baking, Portraits, Joy

At the Snow Forest Café...

... you can talk about whatever you want. [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Trees, Snow, Ann Althouse, Snow Forest Café

At the Frosted Trees Café...

... you can talk all night.  AND: I changed the time on this post to put it on top of the William Barr post. I like the open thread closing the day.  [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Trees, Snow, Ann Althouse, William Barr

At the Sunrise Café...

  ... you can talk about whatever you want. And you can do your shopping through the Althouse portal to Amazon — which is always right there in the sidebar.  [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Amazon, Photography, Law, Snow, Sunrise, Lake Mendota, Ann Althouse, Althouse

At the Big Snow Café...

   ... you can't read the signs...   ... so make some footprints. [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Ann Althouse, Big Snow Café

At the Snowfall Café...

  ... you can write about whatever you want. [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Ann Althouse

"If facts are the seeds..."

Text: "If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow." [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Signs, Ann Althouse

New snow.

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Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Ann Althouse

Life goes on...

[Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Photography, Law, Snow, Buses, Ann Althouse