What kind of wife is it… who, having seen her husband coming up the path after being out for hours in his tractor in a blizzard gets the camera all set up so that when he comes in, she can grab a picture to show you all? Don't answer that question, please.
It wasn't funny at all, I realized as soon as I had clicked the shutter (I only got one photograph and before you ask , no, I did not say " smile honey! "
He had been clearing the drive as you possibly saw in the video I posted the other day, linked below if you missed it. He couldn't stop shaking and I was seriously worried that he had gone into some kind of shock. His feet were so cold he couldn't put them into the bath I drew for him without being in extreme pain, until he had let them thaw out for almost 20 minutes. I did make him a cup of tea, so I am not entirely self-serving, I hope you understand.
So you see it's not all fun and games in a Nova Scotia winter! (https://plus.google.com/u/0/105804664540125819976/posts/4jDsYTXmb7b)
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I'm with you there Karen. Keep warm. +Karen Cooper
+Ellie Kennard Hip deep snow – seems so alien. We've had nothing more than a light dusting here this winter and very little frost – the leaves on the beautiful pelagonium I bought last summer has only just died off!
Leicester is in a valley and most of the bad weather seems to pass over us. Higher parts of the county see a little more, but we do get off very lightly – although when the snow does come, it sticks around.
I know what you mean about the damp – it really seeps into your bones – and if your joints and bones are getting stiff and old like mine, you really feel it ;0)
+Karen Cooper
KneeHip deep in snow indeed. It's cold when you spend a lot of time sitting on a tractor out in a blizzard. However, in spite of being brought up in Montreal at a time when we walked everywhere as children and played outdoors summer and gasp! winter, I never felt colder than I did my first summer in the UK when I thought that if it was July I should wear summer clothes. That was cold! It's the damp I wasn't used to.Oh my! Amazing photograph – we really don't understand this kind of cold here in Leicester! We're starting to see the first signs of Spring and you are still – quite literally – knee deep in snow. Stay warm and safe.
Now if refering to the fun event with the MONGOLIANS . They had large fur coats and a cigar in the mouth . Then each hand had a roll of cash and a bottle of vodka … I was head to toe thermals and it was too cold to change a filter on the camera lens .. fun
God, that's cold! I hope the good fellow kept all his toes?
🙂 +Ellie Kennard
Ellie did Steve receive one of those Anniversary smooches.It would be like sucking an icepole without the flavour 🙂
Len you are a wonder! In all the years I have known you, l I never knew you had raced horses with the Mongolians in -48 temperatures. Stop boasting about warm sunny Brisbane, as it is not making me feel anything but colder! Still, it's quite warm today. I think we got to 0 degrees. Positively balmy. 😀
+Len Phillips
Ellie that brings back memories of racing horses at minus 46 with the Mongolians.Eyebrows and mustache hairs broke off .
This does not happen in sunny Brisbane here Down Under . Now that warming cuddle would be worth it 🙂
+Jacqueline Hodsdon sadly we lost our female cardinal to some bird predator this winter. I felt absolutely miserable when I found the feathers. We don't have many and they have been here and nested for years.
Oh….sigh! That is not good news Ellie. Hopefully when spring comes, it will be a good mating season. I can't imagine much wildlife could handle such extreme cold.
+Jacqueline Hodsdon yikes indeed! The birds have not done well this winter.
Now that is cold! Yikes! 🙂
+Heiko Mahr yes he does now. It was a bit insensitive of me to catch that moment before coming to help him. But such is the way with we documentary photographers. 😆
+Kerstin Thieme-Jäger now, yes, but not so much at the time! Thanks for the smile.
Hopefully Winter ends soon..
Unbelievable poor Steven,
but I guess he smiles about your post full of love 😉
big big smile for that
What a picture,i could cry for him,he looks so cold
I did, Bill. Of course. +William McLean​ I do care, really.
+Rob Patterson oh my! Sounds fun. Not.
And the eyebrows, +Ursula Klepper​. 😊 No, not a cold, I'm glad to say.
I think he just got obsessed with getting it moved so we could get out in an emergency, +Shelly Gunderson​ – it consumes so much of your time you can't do any work.
+Cynthia Gibson​ here is the pic of Steven.
Hope you made him a hot toddy and some TLC
Oh no! Poor Steven! What a strange feeling it must be with icecicle on the mustache!! I hope he did not caught a cold!
Yikes! He better be careful!
I hope it works like that +Ellie Kennard​ 🙂 Roll on spring!
+Ellie Kennard Haha, I actually can't say that I've experienced that one!!! I have had my balaclava frozen to my beard and have to wear it for a half hour inside lest I tear my face off removing it! LOL 😀
It's a great reminder to look back on, when we are in a horribly hot summer day. Might make us feel cooler? +Nikki C
Oh yes, I am sure you have +Rob Patterson – and there's that other moment when the zip on your coat has frozen against your neck and you can't speak because your vocal chords are frozen. You've been there too, I imagine. One of the highlights of Steven's first winters here.
+Rekha Rao you can do both, I guess. I felt terrible, after I took the photo, of course. 😀
Poor Steven.
I can see why you shot this though, very dramatic. This really does show the reality of harsh winters.
I feel cold looking at him, brrr.
+Anatoliy Urbanskiy one to remember.
+Diana Boyd 🙂
+Liz C you got it!
+Lynn David Newton We do every year, so I know it will happen. It's just harder to believe some years than others.
+Sumit Sen yes, exactly. And thanks.
Haha, good story – appreciated by us northerners!! 😀 Been there, done that!! 🙂
Oh, my. I don't know whether to admire the photo or feel bad for +Steven Kennard​
great shot1
what a photo….
Oh my! Brrrrrrrrrrrr!
I'm astounded. Happily, we are beginning to thaw out here in Ohio.
Poor Steven, you are right +Sumit Sen​ It didn't seem like a great photographic moment at the time!
Poor Steven! You did catch a great photographic moment! 🙂