Danger from above

The temperature has kept changing the last few days, from cold to mild and back to cold.This has turned out to be ideal for growing icicles. You can see how they become bigger day by day. They may look impressive, hanging from the rooftops high above the street, capturing rays of sunlight. They also impose danger, danger to the casual pedestrian walking the streets, mindless of the "daggers of ice" raised above their heads.

Today's picture is showing some of these icy daggers. It was originally a colour photo that I converted to black & white and applied a 'grainy' texture.

The winter is definitely here

The winter has arrived in Denmark. The last week has been one of both beautiful winter moments as well as of winter chaos. Many have felt it in their daily life, cancelled public transportation, traffic jams, police recommending that people stay home unless there are emergencies, one meter of snow, home guard assisting ambulances getting through the snow, people enjoying cross country skiing in prepared tracks, happy children playing in the snow, beautiful snow covered fields lightened up by a low hanging winter sun. With temperatures as low as minus 15 during the night and just above 0 during the day, ice has started to build. The ice is building everywhere, but most noticeably hanging of the buildings. The danger of them falling down and injuring people, has caused building owners to close parts of the sidewalks and people are walking around looking out for falling ice.  These are but some of the experiences we have had in Denmark this week.

I think today's pictures are a good illustration of the current weather. I was out walking along the waterfront when I spotted these frozen chains.