"Green" Thursday - oder Gründonnerstag - further evidence for Frühling

When I looked out this morning I noticed that for approx 1st time since Oct 27 2016, the snow was gone from the terrace.
This morning:

And it all began with our first snowfall back on Oct 27, 2016:

The snow didn't stay them - and it might come back tomorrow!

Nov 23:

And on Nov 24:

But ...

Nov 26 above and Nov 27 below

As the song goes, 24 little hours.

And then it seemed to be business as usual.
Dec 7

Dec 22:

Terrasse starting to fill up.
Feb 26 and Mar 24:

However, note that there was grass below, in the background.

The lamb-lion effort on March 30:

Kind of pretty, don't you think?
April 7 - 2 weeks ago:

However compare April 4, next, with April 9:

And then in quick succession:

April 11:

April 12:

And today, April 13, Green Thursday. Sort of sad, don't you think? Even if fitting and appropriate.

W O B

The witching hour is approaching - and all my ideas have disappeared!

The problem began with the blog entry that something like 5% of the universe is visible - all the rest is missing in the form of missing matter and dark energy with energy convertable to mass according to Einstein. On October 23, just after the "witching hour" 1:06, Jens wrote "Whoever has eaten plum pudding with you at Christmas knows where you've hidden all the dark matter." And I said I would reply, just that all my notes have been witched away - although someone suggested looking in my room.

Ah, here is something, but fuzzy - maybe the warp-drive is under powered? There is a lot of red here - could it have something to do with Autumn?  Why Do Leaves Change Colour in Autumn? 
or Why Do Autumn Leaves Change Colour? 
(There is a 2:20 video here)

And then How Plants Prepare for Winter
Why would a plant use energy to make these red pigments, when the leaves
will soon fall off? Some scientists think that the anthocyanins help the
trees keep their leaves a bit longer. The pigments protect the leaves
from the sun, and lower their freezing point, giving some frost protection.
The leaves remain on the tree longer, and more of the sugars, nitrogen and
other valuable substances can be removed before the leaves fall. Another
possible reason has been proposed: when the leaves decay, the anthocyanins
seep into the ground and prevent other plant species from growing in the spring.

The picture is becoming clear - does not look like leaves, Could it be the Great Pumpkin?
(25:16 video from 1966: Its The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown) I enjoyed this but for some of you power metal heads maybe this sound track is better - and shorter at 13:18 - Helloween- Halloween
Remind me to get my video up - however, I would not be able to play the above soundtrack to it so learn the music off by heart, will you?

Of course with harvest just in one recalls the story of the Three Little Pigs

Ah, Jens! The plum puddings have not disappeared - they are hanging out with a crowd of maple syrups, waiting for the big bumpkin to visit them.

Happy Halloween,

W O B

Tree branches

These images did not quite fit into the previous observation so I include them here:

W O B

New Years Eve Wed Dec 31 2014

It snowed late yesterday afternoon and evening but it was worth it this morning:

This was the view from our bedroom/balcony - I did go outside but it was and still is cold: -9C with winds up to 50kmh  --

Nevertheless, my running friends will be out at this time doing their New Years Eve "thing" as we have done together in the past 40 years:

OK? I did it!

I took 79 photos - just think how many words I could have written! Here is 1 for new era Inuit:

And do not forget, Baby, it's cold outside. Maybe he has a package of frozen fish fingers for tonight?
Personally my thoughts tend to combine memories of summer, past and future with these images:

I wanted to climb the willow above.
And finally, a very old tradition is to wish everyone a "good slide" into the new year - or guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr. I did that this morning, 150m into my "run"

Hope everyone arrives safely, every time, everywhere, and in good health. And for Scottish ancestors:
The basic Scottish Gaelic equivalent is slàinte mhath to which the normal response is do dheagh shlàinte "your good health". wob