Fortfarande vinter så ingenting fortsätter att hända med häggen. Och så lär det förbli ett bra tag till. Det snöar nästan varje dag. Så också när jag gick förbi och fotade häggen på min dagliga promenad. Tittar man noga kan man se snöflingorna i bilderna.
Denna dagen landade det för en gångs skull en fågel – en blåmes – i häggen när jag var där med kameran. Tyvärr satt fågeln bara kvar en kort stund så jag hann inte få någon riktigt bra bild av den bland grenarna.
Still winter so nothing continues to happen with the bird cherry. And so it will for a long time. It snows almost every day. Also this day it snowed when I passed by and photographed the bird cherry on my daily walk. If you look closely you can see the snow flakes in the photos.
This day, for once, a bird – a Eurasian blue tit – landed in the bird cherry while I was there with the camera. Unfortunately the bird only remained in the tree for a short moment so I didn’t get any really good photos of if among the tree branches.
På vägen tillbaka noterade jag några märkliga istappar. Det såg ut som att de sträckte sig efter fönstret.
Jag vill förresten påminna alla om att det ingår i husägares lagliga skyldigheter att ta bort istappar som kan ramla ner och skada eller döda någon. Även om det är ovanligt har det hänt åtminstone ett par gånger under min livstid att barn har dött i Sverige av nedfallande istappar. Och ännu fler människor har skadats. Så onödigt.
On my walk back I noticed some strange icicles. It looked like they were reaching for the window.
And by the way, I just want to remind everyone that house owners in Sweden are required by law to remove icicles that might fall down and injure or kill someone. Although it’s unusual it has happened at least a couple of times during my lifetime that children in Sweden have died from falling icicles. And even more people have been injured. So unnecessary.
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the bird in your tree gives a feeling that spring must be coming, those icicles look both beautiful and dangerous, like glass dagers, I can see why they should be removed, strange how some have curved, like icy fingers scratching the windowpanes,
we do not have snow but the gales are bitter cold, like you I am so looking forward to spring, the days are getting longer which is nice, Frances
The metal roof on my shed produces icicles like that–or used to, when we had snow! The snow covering the roof slides down gradually, bending over the edge, causing the ’cicles to angle toward the wall. But the water that runs down continues to fall straight, hence the curve. Maybe the same in this case. (not a very scientific explanation, hope it makes sense).
Probably that is the case, but I just wonder why only a few and not all the icicles are bending inwards?
Lovely to see a familiar bird so far north – they must be hardier than those in my garden!
Those icicles, although beautiful, certainly look as if they could be deadly. I wonder what the science is behind these being so pointed, while here in a fast thaw they are usually quite blunt and dripping.
All the best until next time 🙂
They haven’t started dripping yet here. Not warm enough.
Wonderful to see a bird in your tree – very pretty!
Those icicles do look dangerous – such sharp points
I hope you are having a good week
Thank you. You too.