Everyone writes about snow, and I will write too.
It was snowing today. In the morning it just rained, later it started to snow. When I came to the office, snow flakes were falling slowly:
And now the sun is shining.
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Tag Archives: spring
Boiler house in the sun
It’s the middle of March, yet it’s very cold. Today morning the temperature was −10°С. The sky was almost clear, and the rising sun shaded everything with warm colors.
Of course I couldn’t help taking a picture… And I like the result!
Sunrise
When the sky is clear, I watch sunrise while I drive to the office. And it happened quite often recent two weeks. Sunrise is different each time, and it’s always beautiful.
This morning the sunrise looked like this:
The higher the sun rose, the more there were clouds in the sky. And the sun joyfully winked out of the clouds.
The smell of spring is in the air…
Pussy Willow
Do you know that… pussy willow is goat willow (lat. Sálix cáprea).
The name … probably derive from the first known illustration of the species… where the plant is shown being browsed by a goat. The species were historically also widely used as a browse for goats…
Its white and furry catkins appear before the leaves:
Later, when pollen releases, catkins become yellow:
These are male catkins.
Female catkins do not look as attractive:
Red Pond
At the end of March we went for walk into Lomonosov park… to feed ducks, but I’ll tell later about this. We went to the park along Red Pond, Красный пруд.
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Pussy Willow
Spring has finally come, and catkins of pussy willow started to appear:
They’re so cute, white and furry.
On Monday last week: Snow and Sun
On Monday, it was snowing in the morning:
