I've been reading news reports and stories of mountains of snow, endless weeks of frigid temperatures, and various "Snowpocalypse" events in different cities this winter. It all seems so familiar yet so far away. Sure I remember snow: the beauty of the first snowfall of the year, driving through a forest covered in white, the sound of snow crunching underfoot. I even have more unpleasant memories of winter: almost freezing to death my first winter in Iowa, endless days of gray, cloudy skies, sore arms and legs after an afternoon of shoveling. But although I remember these things, they seem more like the memory of a dream. I can no longer feel or really grasp these things as something that is a part of my life. This is my seventh winter overseas. Needless to say "winter" has taken on a new definition and is filled with different sorts of memories now. I've been working on taking pictures these last few months that really show what winter looks like here in Bahrain.
drinking hot chocolate and wearing sweatshirts. It is 60* after all...BRR!
clouds! summer means plain blue skies; winter means clouds :)
The mall around Christmas. They call it Winter Wonderland. I wonder how many of them have actually seen snow...
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tea with fresh mint from the garden
Winter means rain. We have no drainage, so even a little rain means a flood. This is the street getting out of my neighborhood.
drinking hot chocolate and wearing sweatshirts. It is 60* after all...BRR!clouds! summer means plain blue skies; winter means clouds :)The mall around Christmas. They call it Winter Wonderland. I wonder how many of them have actually seen snow...
The snow man is my favorite. He's dressed in traditional Arab clothes!
BEACH! It's finally pleasant to sit at the beach. No swimming though, just drinking coffee. It's not quite Florida, but it will do. These are traditional wooden fishing boats. They are called dhows. Despite being an island there are very few good beaches in Bahrain. Most are filled with trash. The rest have been taken over by buildings. They continue to reclaim a lot of land as well. A lot of fishing villages and beaches are disappearing.
It's finally cool enough for plants to grow! My little balcony garden. Right now I'm growing mint and some other random things. Mainly I like the green.
More clouds! And rain clouds!
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tea with fresh mint from the garden |
| giant marigolds |
The fishing villages close up for the winter. They will open in a few months.
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| lots of outdoor markets! |
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