Week in photos

[fbhjr]

It has tried to snow a few times this last week, but it really has been too cold for a lot of snow.

Unless the storm comes from the south or east and therefore over the ocean, weather that reaches us just doesn’t have all that much moisture in it.
I don’t want the snow pen to disappear, but one of these days it may.


The last morning of our vacation I made a big breakfast for us. (If you can’t tell, our kitchen is small…)


Thursday we resumed our sword research group. We’re still working on the Liancour manual from 1692. http://www.umass.edu/renaissance/lord/pdfs/Liancour_1692.pdf
Our plan is to have a demo of it ready and enough material for a short class when we do the show at Smith College in March.
We want to have some costumes that match the manual. I’ve got a French hat, but it is 250 years too early for this style.

Comments

[tjoel2]

Great pictures~ Love the snow pen.

[endlessblush.livejournal.com]

Mmmm waffles!

This is less snow than this time last year?

[malterre.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! And *nothing* compared to two years ago when our city down the hill was voted on 10 "snowiest ciies in America"

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

We have been well below average in all forms of precipitation over the last year or so.
I doubt we've had 10CM of snow yet this season, and it normally starts in November:
http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Massachusetts/Places/worcester-snowfall-totals-snow-accumulation-averages.php

[endlessblush.livejournal.com]

Interesting how years are so different

[merilune.livejournal.com]

As I sit here in the heat I look at your snow pictures and wish it would bloody snow here!!

[becofoz]

But you got a little bit of snow. That's still pretty cool :)

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

What exactly is a snow pen?

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

Someone stuck a pen in the table outside to use as a measurement of how deep the snow gets.
Since that was done, we've hardly had any snow.

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

Has the snow ever been that deep? O:

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

Not yet this year.
But, normally by this point in the winter we've had about 50cm of snow. And, that would certainly cover the pen.
Dry winter this year.

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

great pics!