Well in a bid for a new bank of Christmas card shots I set out into Cambridge in the biting wind en route to Waitrose. I wanted to go down to St John’s because the saint over the gate still has his Santa hat on and I thought he might look good in the snow. Well there was almost no snow on the pavements and although it was actively falling it was very thin stuff and strangely less obvious higher up than lower down where it was swirling around. By the time I was there and I was maximum distance from the car I had remembered that I’d left the shopping bags at home and was also desperate for a wee (cold wind!). This passerby looked as cheerful as I was....
Weather: freezing with light but poorly photogenic snow
Covid: phone call from dad saying his old neighbour from Preston days has just died from it. Mid 70’s & would have been vaccinated this week - leaves a family with multiple needs and dad will very much miss his phone calls.
Good things: no Christmas card shots but a few I liked anyway. I got home in time 😉.
Nice catch but Where's the gay snowman I was waiting to fav it! Sad to hear about your dad's friend. It seems to have been rampant in longton. Both my mums neighbours had it badly after going to a family Christmas do. Sigh.
@fueast it seems to have been high in the NW all the way through- I’m sure he was being careful- his wife has dementia in a care home after falling down the steps at the railway station (would have been a blessed relief for her) and his daughter has learning difficulties. Vaccination actually booked - I hope people aren’t relaxing because it’s too soon.
Sad news for your dad...it really affects you when you know someone especially someone a similar age....
Love this girl with her red hat & she looks smart in her black too, of course goes without saying about the lovely wood panelled doors.
I was really hoping you would have a bit more snow than us this time. Our light covering this morning soom disappeared and although it snowed very lightly most of the day none of it stayed.
She does look like the girl with ‘The Pearl Earring’. Nice composition with snow falling.
Sad Covid news and when almost at vaccination stage makes it even worse somehow.
Marvelous shot. Looks snowy enough to portray a feeling of cold. Add wind to that and I'd want to go home to wee...whether I actually had to or not. ☺
I am so very sorry about your dad's friend. And to be so close to the vaccination adds to the tragedy.
Very sorry to hear about your Dad's friend. Like others have said, it almost seems worse when vaccination is so close. I too was hoping to see your rainbow snowman. It would make a good Christmas card I think. I like this shot also, you have definitely been rumbled!
Love this girl with her red hat & she looks smart in her black too, of course goes without saying about the lovely wood panelled doors.
Sad Covid news and when almost at vaccination stage makes it even worse somehow.
I am so very sorry about your dad's friend. And to be so close to the vaccination adds to the tragedy.