The last few times we’ve had snow in Denmark, it hasn’t been much.
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The last few times we’ve had snow in Denmark, it hasn’t been much. Seeing people sled down hills with grass poking through the snow, the snow brown with earth, feels off. This is what people in countries that rarely get snow do - people who don’t own sledges using a tea-tray to slide down a few novelty snowflakes. Once, Danes wouldn’t have got out of bed for less than 10 centimetres of snow. Now you rush to the park at the first snowflake. Last chance to see, last chance to sled.
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@marycontrary Thank you for recognising that I was joking
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Take that same photo in summertime, you may have to enhance the worn grass with AI. People overdo it now, tea trays or not, it will show much later
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The last few times we’ve had snow in Denmark, it hasn’t been much. Seeing people sled down hills with grass poking through the snow, the snow brown with earth, feels off. This is what people in countries that rarely get snow do - people who don’t own sledges using a tea-tray to slide down a few novelty snowflakes. Once, Danes wouldn’t have got out of bed for less than 10 centimetres of snow. Now you rush to the park at the first snowflake. Last chance to see, last chance to sled.
@CiaraNi oof. That is a big change.
The first year I moved to this city it snowed which is an extremely rare occurance. All the students were outside in the snow. I asked a colleague if she'd be taking her young daughter out in the snow flakes later. Sje laughed and said 'Im from Finland. It needs to get to four feet before I get excited about snow.'
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Take that same photo in summertime, you may have to enhance the worn grass with AI. People overdo it now, tea trays or not, it will show much later
@carstenraddatz The snow was fleeting, so the grass was only stressed for a short period this time
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@CiaraNi oof. That is a big change.
The first year I moved to this city it snowed which is an extremely rare occurance. All the students were outside in the snow. I asked a colleague if she'd be taking her young daughter out in the snow flakes later. Sje laughed and said 'Im from Finland. It needs to get to four feet before I get excited about snow.'
@exlibrarykris Ha, I can see that especially someone from Finland would not be over-excited by a minor snowfall. Sad to think that even people in previously snow-blasé countries may now be getting so unused to snow that they find it exciting too.
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The last few times we’ve had snow in Denmark, it hasn’t been much. Seeing people sled down hills with grass poking through the snow, the snow brown with earth, feels off. This is what people in countries that rarely get snow do - people who don’t own sledges using a tea-tray to slide down a few novelty snowflakes. Once, Danes wouldn’t have got out of bed for less than 10 centimetres of snow. Now you rush to the park at the first snowflake. Last chance to see, last chance to sled.
@CiaraNi Same here. We had enough snow for sleds _once_ so far this winter in Vienna. The kids were really happy. But it looked very much like in your picture. A generation ago it would have been considered not enough and not worth bothering to get the sleds out when you can see the grass peeking through like that.
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@CiaraNi Same here. We had enough snow for sleds _once_ so far this winter in Vienna. The kids were really happy. But it looked very much like in your picture. A generation ago it would have been considered not enough and not worth bothering to get the sleds out when you can see the grass peeking through like that.
@dasgrueneblatt 'A generation ago' - yes, it really has visibly changed that quickly, hasn't it. It is a sad and concerning little climate sign that we have 'lowered our sledding standards' like this.
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