Since my last post the calendar has flipped over to June so I am going to run a Welcome to Winter series for a little while. I don't particularly love Winter but let's see what delightful things I can find.
Snow happens at most a few times a year in the Blue Mountains, so a novelty. On Tuesday, the day we were to travel from Kandos to Lawson, I woke to news of overnight snowfall in the mountains. We delayed departing to avoid road closures. When we went through there was still a sprinkling left at Lithgow and Blackheath.
Brrrr ... chilly ...but nice.
Reflection:
It is Whitsunday today.
Acts 2:1-4 New International Version (NIV)
"When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them."
Wonderful Whitsunday! Wore my red coat, red skivvy and red scarf to Christ Church this morning and Ken wore his red jumper. Other people also wore red. We felt we showed the importance of Pentecost in the face of disapproval within the Sydney Anglican Diocese that seems to now frown on these (important) events in the Church calendar!
ReplyDeleteI was not raised as an Anglican so am not really across these traditions like dressing in red for Whitsunday. However, all of the denominations I have attended treat this day on the church calendar as important - just celebrated in different ways.
DeleteSnow- one of life's great pleasures!
ReplyDeleteI am not sure I would class it as big pleasure (though it is a little exciting) ... happens when the weather is too cold for me.
DeleteLooking forward to your winter shots Joan Elizabeth, I imagine the Blue Mountains must be gorgeous in winter. I wonder if there will be snow when we visit in July?
ReplyDeleteIt depends on your perspective, all of the exotic trees which provide appeal to many of the mountain towns are "sticks" in winter. The native forest looks much the same any time of year though there are more mists ... you might be unfortunate enough to experience a complete white out and see none of the magnificent views at all! It's great walking weather though. As for snow, it is a bit of a lottery, you might experience it and you might not. It usually snows only a couple of times of year and it has snowed twice already this year.
DeleteBut you can be assured of a nice log fire in lots of places.
William doesn't seem to have met a snowflake he doesn't like. Since we have it less frequently and our roads people can't handle big snowfalls I find it less appealing.
ReplyDeleteAs yes William is a snow lover which is just as well given where he lives. Our roads can't handle even small snowfalls, but we don't see them very often.
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