Is there any such word?
Cold and shivery, if so!
Tiny ice crystals
Snow was fleeting in my part of the world, so I had to be quick with the camera. While Jude was loitering inside the glasshouse I was out in the fingerless gloves. Who’s the fool, I ask myself. Certainly not Jude!
When I was folder-ing these away, I came across some evidence that our hellebores really don’t seem to mind snow. Nor the rhododendrons, come to that. But then, don’t they come from the Himalayas?
That’s quite enough snowku for this month! I just sneaked a look at next month’s Garden Photography Challenge. ‘Monochrome’… over to you!
restlessjo 
I loved the snowku! Beautiful images.
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Thank you 🙂 I enjoyed capturing them.
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Oh I think the flowers are shivering. That snow really shows off the colors but a rather nasty surprise for the blossoms.
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Freezing fog this morning, Sue 😦 A morning watching Aussie tennis is the sunny plan.
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I loved the word ‘snowku’. 😀
Great photos, Jo.
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Inspiration or idiocy, Nandini- take your pick 🙂
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If one must have snow, short-lived is best! Pretty, though.
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I wholeheartedly concur, Karen 🙂 🙂
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There is something so beautiful about flowers in snow, Jo. These are lovely pics 😀
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I did feel a little sorry for them, Dianne. At least I could go back indoors 🙂 Thanks, darlin’.
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Beautiful snowku pics, Jo. Fingerless gloves? I used to play piano in the freezing cold school assembly hall. They sort of worked. 😳
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I have some of those silly ones that turn into mitts, Ad, but once your fingers get cold… 😦 The last couple are from our conservatory a couple of years ago when we had a bit more of the white stuff.. A bit warmer 🙂
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These are stunning shots, Jo. I especially love the first one.
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That wall was so prettily frosted with snow, Jill 🙂 Brrrhhh!!!
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If snowku isn’t a word it needs to be now…loved these winter sprinkled images Jo
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Hooray! A convert, Seonaid 🙂 The last couple are just Winter memories from my conservatory. The snow is fleeting here 🙂
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Brr! Looks cold. Some lovely photos Jo of the plants sprinkled with white.
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It wasn’t as cold as you might think, Colline. The snow has its own excitement 🙂 Never colder than -1C. It’s 5-7C daytimes at present but seems colder with the grey skies.
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Definitely not cold! 🙂
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oh yes we have snow crystals too, but nary a blossom…too early! Cheers!
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Fleeting snow, Kathe! That’s the secret 🙂
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I didn’t know winter garden can be this beautiful. Love the first photo! Must be cold to get out and take these beautiful photos, Jo! 🙂
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When the snow is there it never seems so cold, Amy, but because we are by the sea it never lasts long. It feels colder now and it’s all gone 🙂
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At least you have flowers! Pretty even with the snow Jo! 😌
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We do, Nicole 🙂 The snow’s gone and we’re left with swampy fields 😦
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I love your inventiveness with snowku, and also those lovely photos of fleeting snow. Made me a bit homesick for winter Warsaw. It also reminded me of rooku, an Australian version of haiku, with more relaxed rules, featured on Melbourne trains, at least it was in 2008.
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I was a little bit naughty, Meg, and hoped nobody would take offense. I keep meaning to look at different poetry forms… just another of those going to do things! Like learning Polish 😦 Imperative for my 2 week stay. No snow though, thanks 🙂
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Snowku? iceku? Whatever, some grand images, Jo!
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Just a little silliness while I watch ‘War and Peace’, Sue 🙂 Thank you!
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😀😀
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Snowku! Oh, my, what am I going to do with you? Love the first one – practically a macro there Jo, you must have been on your knees! And the second – NOW you discover benches for me 🙄 And I love the obelisk (and your playing) but I feel very sorry for the primula. They look a bit shivery. And monochrome… I know you have it in you. Get looking in Tavira, you have until the end of February to discover some monochromatic gem!
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I hoped you’d like it 🙂 An attempt at depth of field 😦 It was moss growing on the top of a stone wall so my knees were ok. 🙂
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Worked well. I like!
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Nice snowku. You directed our attention to the elegant little ice crystals. I think we had a little snow in Seattle when I was away, but I haven’t seen it yet this year.
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Ours came and went in a flash, Nicki! The best possible kind. 🙂
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How pretty. We never get snow so I can enjoy seeing everyone else’s in complete comfort.
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That’s the best way, Carol! My last two were taken from our conservatory so it wasn’t too bad 🙂
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Your first photo is gorgeous! Are you wondering how you managed before haiku? you’re so good at it and I’m so glad you stick to the tradition 🙂
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I really enjoy making it up as I wander the streets, Gilly! Am I strange? 🙂 I played with this one walking into town this afternoon. It was so glum! I was going to post it tomorrow, as per your ‘tradition’ but… you know me… no restraint 🙂 And thank you!
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I love the flowers in the snow!
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It’s a ‘refreshing’ change, isn’t it, Cindy? Believe me, it won’t happen much on this blog 🙂
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Looked at your photos a lot of times,Jo , and I loved every detail in them….
Their simple and natural presentation are really moving!
Thanks so much!
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I like having fun with the challenges sometimes, Anna. Life can’t be all walking, can it? 🙂
Thanks a lot!
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