A bit cold today!

DonaldG · 01-09-2009, 09:13 AM

At -9c this frosty morning with wall to wall blue sky, I took my camera for a walk. No snow, just frost...

**Cathy95820** · 01-09-2009, 09:57 AM

Those pictures are awesome. I was wondering if that was the spider frozen in the web or if it was one of his snacks.

My ex-father-in-law used to work for US Steel in the taconite plant in Iron Mountain, Minnesota. It gets so cold in that region that they plug their cars in at night to keep them warm so they will start in the morning. One of his cars had to spend the winter in the parking lot and wait for warmer weather so he could drive it home.

**WereBo** · 01-09-2009, 11:14 AM

Definitely some very excellent photos there, Donald - and in a beautiful part of England too

Thank you for sharing

**SABL** · 01-09-2009, 03:12 PM

Very nice, Donald!!

Great pics.... there is nothing like that in the colonies.

Did I see myself in the 2nd pic??

**SABL** · 01-09-2009, 03:13 PM

Nah.... couldn't be...too many flowers!!

DonaldG · 01-09-2009, 04:38 PM

Yeah - its the one under the new mound in the middle

You should be a bit warmer now - temperature has risen to a blistering -4c

**sobeit** · 01-10-2009, 01:39 AM

I just read its been 60 below in alaska this past week. Just look at the weekend forcast and they are having a warm spell, -24f during the day and -44f at night.

Anyway great pictures. The top one with the church looks like a Lutheran church in a town I grew up in.

DonaldG · 01-10-2009, 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sobeit

The top one with the church looks like a Lutheran church in a town I grew up in.

It is the Odcombe village church. 'CoE'

History lesson about Odcombe:

Odcombe, a tiny village, is well known for one of it's elders of the Elizabethan times. In 1608 Thomas Coryate walked (yes, walked) from Odcombe all round Europe (France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany & Netherlands and other places)

On his return and in 1611, he published a travelogue 'Coryates Crudities'

During his travels, he noticed that some 'foreigners' were eating food with a two pronged implement. In Merry England at that time, the knife was the tool for placing food into the mouth. Tom bought back a sample of the pronged thingy and introduced the FORK to the English dining table!

The European jaunt was only a rehearsal for his next epic perambulation:

1612-1614 - travelled to Constantinople and the Holy Lands.
1615-1616 - walked through Turkey, Persia, and Moghul India to Emperor Jahangir's court in Ajmer, Gujarat.
Sept. 1617 - at invention of Sir Thomas Roe, visited imperial court at Mandu, Malwa.
Nov. 1617 - leaves for Surat in Gujarat
Dec. 1617 - died of dysentery in Surat.

End of history lesson!

(In Google Earth, Fly to 'Odcombe, UK')

01-09-2009, 09:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,178 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	A bit cold today! At -9c this frosty morning with wall to wall blue sky, I took my camera for a walk. No snow, just frost... __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner . Last edited by DonaldG; 01-09-2009 at 09:15 AM.

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Cathy95820 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,369 OS: Windows XP Svs.Pk 3	Re: A bit cold today! Those pictures are awesome. I was wondering if that was the spider frozen in the web or if it was one of his snacks. My ex-father-in-law used to work for US Steel in the taconite plant in Iron Mountain, Minnesota. It gets so cold in that region that they plug their cars in at night to keep them warm so they will start in the morning. One of his cars had to spend the winter in the parking lot and wait for warmer weather so he could drive it home.

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WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,537 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: A bit cold today! Definitely some very excellent photos there, Donald - and in a beautiful part of England too Thank you for sharing __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

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SABL Moderator Relaxation Room Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Galena, Ohio Posts: 1,275 OS: WinXP SP3	Re: A bit cold today! Very nice, Donald!! Great pics.... there is nothing like that in the colonies. Did I see myself in the 2nd pic??

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SABL Moderator Relaxation Room Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Galena, Ohio Posts: 1,275 OS: WinXP SP3	Re: A bit cold today! Nah.... couldn't be...too many flowers!!

01-09-2009, 04:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,178 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: A bit cold today! Yeah - its the one under the new mound in the middle You should be a bit warmer now - temperature has risen to a blistering -4c __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

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sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: A bit cold today! I just read its been 60 below in alaska this past week. Just look at the weekend forcast and they are having a warm spell, -24f during the day and -44f at night. Anyway great pictures. The top one with the church looks like a Lutheran church in a town I grew up in. __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age