tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post2016870511707194371..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: Sunrise, 7:59. . . materfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-51318260192312566322014-01-25T06:04:57.987-08:002014-01-25T06:04:57.987-08:00Yes, northern Germany.
And yes again, it's wet...Yes, northern Germany.<br />And yes again, it's wet earth mostly. As far as I remember it comes very suddenly. I step out of the door one morning - and there it is. No chance of that at the moment though, as everything is frozen solid.Eleonorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-1392053724150879262014-01-24T19:59:03.034-08:002014-01-24T19:59:03.034-08:00So pleased to hear from a commenter from North of ...So pleased to hear from a commenter from North of Germany (northern Germany?) -- that's a first that I know of. <br />Would you say the smell is a wet earth smell? or of new vegetation? a combination? materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-58830655529467635932014-01-24T19:57:51.056-08:002014-01-24T19:57:51.056-08:00We had light (sunshine even!) after 5 today as wel...We had light (sunshine even!) after 5 today as well. Thank goodness our temps were higher than yours (sorry!). Lovely to have some warmer southern temps to look forward to, lucky you!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-32194695611776891472014-01-24T19:56:57.965-08:002014-01-24T19:56:57.965-08:00You're very welcome! And yes, I'm generall...You're very welcome! And yes, I'm generally more attentive to the evening slant of sunset, especially now that I'm often mid-commute by then. This afternoon, I visited a girlfriend just after 5 and it was still light as I headed to her place. . . bird songs, absolutely!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-7893935613522657292014-01-24T10:11:27.224-08:002014-01-24T10:11:27.224-08:00Yes, I agree, it's the smell. But no hopes of ...Yes, I agree, it's the smell. But no hopes of it yet, as winter is just arriving in these parts (North of Germany), with icy nights and snow and the lot. But the light is coming back indeed. Eleonorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-51084335452513705832014-01-24T04:54:53.683-08:002014-01-24T04:54:53.683-08:00Yes, it is fun. And if we spend more longer on the...Yes, it is fun. And if we spend more longer on the coffee than on the running then so what? Brains and bodies both given a little workout.<br /><br />Hope your recovery is proceeding apaceCerinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-18512692027298647692014-01-23T18:56:12.587-08:002014-01-23T18:56:12.587-08:00Tonight it was still light at 5 pm. Yeah! Even if ...Tonight it was still light at 5 pm. Yeah! Even if it was -20 for a high in Ottawa....the longer daylight always gives hope for spring. And planning one's wardrobe for an upcoming trip south doesn't hurt either!Sue Bhttp://highheelsinthewilderness.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-21449243046635175782014-01-23T17:12:48.878-08:002014-01-23T17:12:48.878-08:00The photos are beyond beautiful - thanks for shari...The photos are beyond beautiful - thanks for sharing them.<br />It's easier to gauge the changing light in our evenings rather than our mornings. I could have worn my sunglasses when walking to work yesterday - around 4:45 - for the first time in several months. Unfortunately, my head was buried so deep within the hood of my long, down coat that they really weren't necessary...<br />Bird songs are my favorite harbinger of spring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-48299037379173776252014-01-23T16:52:04.827-08:002014-01-23T16:52:04.827-08:00Yes, the slant of the light, for sure, and I also ...Yes, the slant of the light, for sure, and I also recognize that push to finish the autumn cleanup . . . very tempted right now to pull some of the mulch/leaves off the garden that harbours the crocuses, but I know we have a good chance of frost yet, so I may just wait and make them push their own way through.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-1861286858975390192014-01-23T16:50:37.392-08:002014-01-23T16:50:37.392-08:00I only realized a few years ago that I could track...I only realized a few years ago that I could track the earlier sunrises on our Environment Canada weather websites. <br />Didn't know I had a running reader in the UK -- how fun to make a habit of running with girlfriends and then having a follow-up coffee. . . .materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-90466383016539236122014-01-23T16:49:06.234-08:002014-01-23T16:49:06.234-08:00Sometimes a wet earth smell and then something gre...Sometimes a wet earth smell and then something green, no? And the wild daphne, the weed we should be eradicating (daphne laureolis, spurge laurel) enchants me every year, some late January evening when I catch a scent of its bergamot-mimicking flowers. . . . now I must check out your photo. I can always use a pick-me-up!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-61715576637850551402014-01-23T16:47:18.135-08:002014-01-23T16:47:18.135-08:00Yes, I thought of you and felt guilty about postin...Yes, I thought of you and felt guilty about posting this. . . . and yet, with good humour and characteristic witty observation, you give us that sharp image of fashion's gooseflesh in a cold city -- thank you!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-82899143282500579532014-01-23T16:46:02.886-08:002014-01-23T16:46:02.886-08:00It's precisely 4:45 as I answer you and yes, i...It's precisely 4:45 as I answer you and yes, it's still light here and going to be for quite a while longer . . . so encouraging, isn't it?!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-81967104089420119972014-01-23T16:45:14.091-08:002014-01-23T16:45:14.091-08:00Hmmm, now I'm thinking I should pick up a few ...Hmmm, now I'm thinking I should pick up a few baskets of those primulas -- the winter arrangements on the porch are looking a bit weary. . . thanks for the inspiration!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-91277568405588303392014-01-23T16:44:24.441-08:002014-01-23T16:44:24.441-08:00We have winter-blooming plum trees (I think that&#...We have winter-blooming plum trees (I think that's what they are) across the street from us in Vanc'r -- astonishing, really!<br />Witch hazel! I love it! Those surprisingly intricate yellow blooms and their scent! And yes, the birds -- I love redwing blackbirds, love the day I spot that first flash of red-yellow and hear that distinctive call. . . thanks for getting me in a spring mood!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-45975683790965075202014-01-23T16:37:29.981-08:002014-01-23T16:37:29.981-08:00Hit publish before commenting on the rare and beau...Hit publish before commenting on the rare and beautiful colour in your photo. Lavender blue. So lovely.Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-53649373931149407892014-01-23T16:36:44.782-08:002014-01-23T16:36:44.782-08:00It's the slant of light, a little stronger, a ...It's the slant of light, a little stronger, a little more intense. Warmth on my back. The first shoots of spring bulbs make me itch to get out into the garden and finish the autumn cleanup that I abandoned. Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-80284059803865854512014-01-23T04:13:07.471-08:002014-01-23T04:13:07.471-08:00Saturday's the big day for us, sunrise pre 8am...Saturday's the big day for us, sunrise pre 8am wise, according to the BBC. I've never looked it up before, so thank you for bringing this up. Calls for a bit of a celebration to mark this pre 8 date, I feel, given the dreariness of the winter. Shall insist that my girlfriends go large on our post run Saturday morning coffees and we channel thoughts of fluffy lambs, hosts of golden daffodils etc. In the rain...Pale Bluenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-31628993276462849582014-01-22T16:28:38.722-08:002014-01-22T16:28:38.722-08:00It's smell - easier to sniff out in the frozen...It's smell - easier to sniff out in the frozen east than here, but I can smell spring as it arrives here too.<br />I knew, when I saw your photo, that we were on the same wavelength yesterday morning. I stopped on my way to work to snap a photo - had to! I knew that the scene wouldn't last and that I needed to save it for later in the day when I needed a pick-me-up. I'll post it later this evening.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-31694166701479961782014-01-22T12:42:27.253-08:002014-01-22T12:42:27.253-08:00That first photo is so ethereally, magnificently b...That first photo is so ethereally, magnificently beautiful! Here in Mtl (-27 with the windchill today), it is no longer light at 4:40 pm., but spring is a ways off- we can easily get snow in April. Sometime in March you see the young girls' bare legs stuck into Uggs, a good foot of gooseflesh between boot-top and skirt. Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-18279026385816278682014-01-22T10:49:25.933-08:002014-01-22T10:49:25.933-08:00Light, light and more light. It was light at 4.45 ...Light, light and more light. It was light at 4.45 today. I can see it and feel. No snow or low temperatures this year -Yet. So looking forward to Spring. Moonbootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07930871568285395507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-25508003890851049272014-01-22T09:03:08.612-08:002014-01-22T09:03:08.612-08:00Snowdrops are my harbingers of Spring. I love seei...Snowdrops are my harbingers of Spring. I love seeing the brightly coloured primulas for sale in the shops and usually buy a few to dress up the front porch. <br />Birdsong and nesting also alert me to the longer hours of daylight. I look forward to Spring as it means I will be out in the garden puttering happily soon. hostess of the humble bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453827257671312902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-26344853909356996292014-01-22T08:40:06.826-08:002014-01-22T08:40:06.826-08:00Maman and I were driving around Kerrisdale on Mond...Maman and I were driving around Kerrisdale on Monday and we actually saw some misguided pink cherry blossoms. I found my snowdrops and the crocus are ready to bloom. We also saw witch hazel in bloom. Monsieur and I heard a songbird yesterday morning. The male redwing blackbirds are staking out their territory on the dyke. We do have a short winter on the West Coast.Madame Là-bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16703782237948233124noreply@blogger.com