SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS
" It's been calculated that in a volume of snow two feet square by ten inches deep there are
roughly one million flakes.
Multiply that by the millions of square miles that are covered by snow each year (nearly one
fourth of the earth's land surface), and then multiply that by the billions of winters that have
occurred since the dawn of time, and it's obvious we're talking unimaginable googols of
flakes. Some of these are surely repeats.

On the other hand, a single snow crystal contains perhaps 100 million molecules, which
can be arranged in a gigajillion different ways".

source:http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_392.html

Last week the locals told me we'd had the most snow for 20 years,since which time we've had another 50 cms :) And now it's stopped snowing and gone to -17C !!! 

It has now been snowing non-stop for 3 days and it is so awesome 

Snow is soooo amazing. Here's some 

Images of snowcrystals published by kind permission of:
Kenneth G. Libbrecht. Professor of Physics and Physics
Executive Officer,Caltech
If you want to see more - or learn about snow crystals-go to
http://www.snowcrystals.com

Incredible shapes and forms are found in snowflakes 

Well, it thawed af few days, then foze again...and now it's snowing again.Soooo 

Hmmm..it's my weekend for encountering the name Lundqvist :)
First I have watched a charming Swedish film (though without english
subtitles so occasionally I was a little lost in the dialogue) called
Kim Novak badade aldrig i Geneserets Sjo - which I think means
Kim Novak never bathed in Geneseret lake. Amongst many fine actors
in this film was an Anton Lundqvist. Pretty good actor.

Henrik Lundqvist was the Swedish Ice Hockey team's goalie
and, as I understand it, was instrumental in helping the
Swedish team to collect the Gold medal at Turin.
Both these 'exposures to Swedish life' have been most enjoyable
experiences :):)

Yes, it was a Bullfinch. Yes, it was a Greenfinch.
My thanks to STEFAN at http://www.birds.se for his speedy help in confirmation.
Incidentally, http://www.birds.se is a fantastic website resource..in 10 different
languages...about Birds.