I spoke too soon regarding the end of winter. Of course it snows into June in the British Isles if it wants to.
It will probably be 20 degrees in a couple of weeks such is our island weather.
And all this feeds our preoccupation with the sky. What next I wonder.
This Winter was wet and is now dry – it has been sometimes cold but the overwhelming feeling is it is another mild winter – famous last words, as Spring is not yet with us and it can still snow and freeze well into April………
Frost & Flowering
This Winter was wet and is now dry – it has been sometimes cold but the overwhelming feeling is it is another mild winter – famous last words, as Spring is not yet with us and it can still snow and freeze well into April………
Sunrise-Sunset
2023 like 2022 seems to have been richer for its sunrise and sunsets.
This Winter was wet and is now dry – it has been sometimes cold but the overwhelming feeling is it is another mild winter – famous last words as Spring is not yet with us and it can still snow and freeze well into April………
Flood – natural – its concentration made by human hands.
This Winter was wet and is now dry – it has been sometimes cold but the overwhelming feeling is it is another mild winter – famous last words, as Spring is not yet with us and it can still snow and freeze well into April………
Frosty Morning – I found this particular sunrise “developed” an interesting image on my window.
This Winter was wet and is now dry – it has been sometimes cold but the overwhelming feeling is it is another mild winter – famous last words, as Spring is not yet with us and it can still snow and freeze well into April………
Fog – The flood plain of the River Ouse – ideal for fog, mist and interesting skies…………
York is a good place to visit as a Wargamer especially if you like History. Aside from all the sites concerning the Roman, Viking and Later Medieval periods, there are still real shops where you can buy things for your hobby.
Bookshops have still been dissappearing at a fair rate, yet Amnesty International reopened their York book store which involved moving across the river to a new revamped premises.
On the model front you can still get a good range of stock,
Boyes everyday shopping plus warhammer and loads of paints and hobby tools – 35 Goodramgate
So if your visiting York check out these traders and give them some valuable support. And remember February is the Month for Vapnartak Wargames Show and the Viking Festival.
Of course the centre piece of Medieval York is the Minster which on a sharp winters day looks fantastic.
Or you could visit the many other churches in the city and take in the glazed windows.
St Michael cum Gregory in York, is the home to the glass painting skill centre and the other day it was an open day. Walking past – I paid a visit.
The Church itself has been used as a venue for arts and theatre in recent times.
The Church was built, modified and extended over centuries and its glazed windows are a story in themselves.
In one respect our ancestors recycled window glass into new arrangements meaning you now see mixes of glazing perhaps made hundreds of years apart reassembled to create a new window.
The volunteers present included a demonstrator. They showed some of their fantastic examples and created a basic image while we watched. So the skills are still to be found and looked to be very satisfying – if you have a careful hand!
The centre details and extra information can be found here. https://www.stainedglasscentre.org/
Painted or Stained glass has a long and venerable history dating from the early middle ages – the oldest extant stained glass windows appear to be in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent.
Winter has continued to offer amazing cloudscapes. As we head into the Christmas season and the year end I would reflect on a year of cloudscapes, the sheer number being notable.
The colours that attract me are the greys and pinks. And of course the blues are often stunning in contrast.
Nature has offered much in 2022 while winter never dissappoints.
In many of my cloudscapes the trees provide a secondary role, often in silhouette. Winter offers a chance to examine the tangle of branches bare of their leaves.
And so the year ends and I wish you all peace.
The Wargaming Erratic 