Amazing photo gallery of snowflakes which also sets out the process under which they are formed:
So, is Wilson Bentley’s hypothesis that “no two snowflakes are alike” true? It is technically possible, if they formed under identical atmospheric conditions. Identical snow crystals of very simple form have been identified. However, it is a near impossibility [...]

Let’s start a list of these sorts of days… 21 January is said to be the most depressing day of the year as it is pretty much the middle of the Northern winter, and the point that the last of the festive season’s cheer has faded.
Now 26 October is being touted as the year’s [...]

Elizabeth Bay House in central Sydney may have been designed by Alexander Macleay, its first owner, with the southern winter solstice specifically in mind.
At sunrise on solstice day, the sun’s light streams directly through the front door, out the back door, and onto a wall at the rear of the building.
On the shortest day [...]

Not that Sydney gets especially cold during the winter months, at least in my opinion, but this selection of the “warmest and cosiest” bars and pubs in town will nevertheless warm the cockles of your heart.

It’s actually a deceptively charming view from the old cottage.

Four seasons in one day, that’s what I love about this part of the world.

Penultimate link/post of the day. Except it is yesterday’s work. By the time this post is served to the web we will have been at our Central Coast retreat for almost a day. And not in the Lake District as the above photo may suggest.
We can all but dream. Have a great weekend and I’ll [...]

Some photos of snow in New York by Michael Surtees.
A friend who visits New York frequently tells me the snow falls, especially the first falls of winter, bring out the best in New Yorkers, and makes the city a great and happy place to be. Until the snowfalls set in and it begins to annoy [...]

Yes all I did at St Anton was take photos from the chairlifts.

Another shot from the chairlifts at St Anton. I’ll get around to posting higher resolution images to Flickr at some point.