W is for Wintery Landscape

Frosted grass and frozen trees on an ice cold yet sunny morning. Took my gloves off to take this picture and spent 10 minutes getting the feeling back in my fingertips afterwards!
Taking part in ABC Wednesday/

Two Angles

The Festival of the Angels is a relatively recent Christmas introduction to York. Around a dozen ice sculptures were placed along Stonegate, Swinegate and Back Swingate. Here a rather older Angel looks down on her icy sister.

Would you like ice with that?

This weekend the city was host to a number of ice sculptures as part of the Festival of the Angels, here is a work in progress in Kings Square. As the weather had warmed up some of the sculptures were melting as the weekend progressed. This guy's job was to replace them.

Flower symbols

There are a number of flower symbols on this old gravestone in York cemetery. In the centre is a rose the symbol for beauty, and behind are tulips for love and passion. The ivy around the flowers symbolises friendship. Not sure what the snail signifies other than the cemetery is good news for the local ecosystem!

Flood Prevention

If the river floods locals look to the fire brigade for help. However the fire station is near the river, so what to do to stop the water coming in through the side door of the fire station? Easy, fill the doorway with concrete and stencil a handle on it, oh and a penguin too.

Cold as Ice

The cold mornings and oh so clear skies continued this week. This is Strensall Common again, around an hour after sunrise.

Quiet Side Street

York can get very crowded with locals and visitors busy shopping and sightseeing especially at this time of year. Sometimes it is nice just to walk through the city via the ginnels and alleyways and avoid all the crowds.