THINGS---SNOW---FOR ROSE FROM OZ

DON'T REALLY LIKE THE STUFF BUT A LITTLE BIT IS PRETTY

I THINK WE HAVE ALL HEARD THAT NO TWO SNOWFLAKES ARE THE SAME..TO ME THAT IS ONE OF THOSE STATEMENTS THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVE OR TO DISPROVE..I MEAN WHO IS GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY, OR THE TIME, OR THE PATIENCE AND DON’T EVEN CONSIDER THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES OF CAREFULLY EXAMINING EACH AND EVERY SNOWFLAKE THAT FALLS (AND THAT HAVE FALLEN) TO SAY WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT “NO TWO SNOWFLAKES ARE THE SAME.”

KIND OF IN THE SAME LEAGUE WITH THOSE THEORETICAL ASTRO-PHYSICISTS THAT STATE THERE ARE PARALLEL UNIVERSES IN WHICH A NUMBER OF REPLICAS THAT ARE JUST LIKE YOU AND ME EXIST GOING ABOUT THEIR LIVES..THE MULTI-UNIVERSE THEORY FALLS SQUARELY INTO THAT CATEGORY OF VAGUE IDEAS THAT CANNOT AND PERHAPS WILL NEVER BE PROVEN NOR DISPROVED-SIMPLY FODDER TO ENTERTAIN THE MORE IMAGINATIVE AND CREATIVE (?) MINDS AMONG US.

I'VE SHOWN YOU THIS STREAM BEFORE IN THE SUMMER TIME

ANYWAY ON WEDNESDAY THE 29^TH OF FEB. SNOW WAS IN THE SKY AND STICKING TO THE GROUND..IT WAS ONLY THE THIRD OR FORTH TIME THIS WINTER THAT I FIRED UP THE SNOW THROWER AND I AM NOT COMPLAINING AT ALL..AS THE SNOW PILED UP MY MIND PLAYED UPON   THE ‘NO TWO ALIKE’ STATEMENT. FIGURED I WOULD RESEARCH IT  A BIT FURTHER AND TO MY SURPRISE I CAME UP WITH THE FOLLOWING INFO..

IT MIGHT BE TRUE FOR FULLY DEVELOPED FLAKES-BUT IT MAY NOT BE TRUE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF SNOW CRYSTAL FORMATION..SNOW SCIENTIST, CHARLES KNIGHT AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH IN BOULDER COLORADO, ESTIMATES THAT THERE ARE 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 (DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS NUMBER) WATER MOLECULES IN A TYPICAL SNOW CRYSTAL.. ‘THE WAY THEY CAN ARRANGE THEMSELVES IS ALMOST INFINITE.’ AFTER CHECKING OUT A BUNCH OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPE PHOTOS OF SNOW FLAKES  I BEGAN TO BELEIVE THAT MAYBE THERE ARE NO TWO SNOWFLAKES ALIKE BUT WE WILL NEVER REALLY KNOW FOR CERTAIN.



LAST TIME I POSTED THIS PLACE THERE WAS A RED TRACTOR PARKED IN THE FIELD

THE ABOVE I LEARNED ON THE ‘NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NEWS’ SITE..LOG ONTO IT THEN TYPE IN ‘NO TWO SNOWFLAKES THE SAME LIKELY TRUE.’ PRETTY INFORMATIVE STUFF AND IT KIND OF MADE ME LOOK DIFFERENTLY AT ALL THAT WHITE FLUFFY STUFF..JUST ANOTHER IN A LONG LIST OF NATURE’S BEAUTIFUL AND MYSTERIOUS WORKINGS..O.K. I RELENT, MAYBE THERE ARE PARALLEL UNIVERSES.. (BUT I DOUBT IT)

SOME MORE PHOTOS FOR YOU FOLKS WHO DON'T GET TO ENJOY(?) THE WHITE FLUFFY STUFF TOO OFTEN-ESPECIALLY 'ROSE FROM OZ' FROM THE LAND DOWN UNDER..   

YEARS AGO I GOT CAUGHT ON THIS ROAD IN A SNOW STORM ON MY MOTORCYCLE WITH
A BLOWN OUT TIRE



JUST GOT A LUCKY SHOT OF THIS ELEGANT HUNTER 

 WELL SPRING IS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY..ALREADY THIS WEEK WE TURN THE CLOCKS AHEAD AGAIN (I WAS JUST BEGINNING TO GET USED TO HAVING THEM TURNED BACK). BEEN KIND OF TRICKY GETTING OUT AND HOOKING UP WITH PEOPLE BUT I'VE TRIED TO MUDDLE MY WAY
THROUGH THESE WINTER MONTHS THE BEST I COULD..HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE LONG TILL
I START SHOWING YOU PHOTOS THAT HAVE SOME SUMMER SCENERY AND MOTORCYCLES..

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