I guess the relative infrequency of decent snow in Oxfordshire makes the days when it does turn up a bit special. A proper layer of snow has near-magical transformational properties. The sound is different, the light is different, the scenery is different, even the people are different.
There's lots of physics about in the transformation of the sound and the light - the light bounces around more and the sound bounces around less. The scenery is cleaned up - both the pretty bits and the unsightly bits are hidden by a layer of fresh crisp snow - and it is all (at least briefly) special. And the people - just walking up the street there are more smiles and hellos than usual - maybe it's just that everyone needs to slow up a bit but maybe the snow lets a little bit of optimism shine through.
Whatever the reasons for the transformation - the snow provides a splendid reason to be out and about with a camera.
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| Freezing Saddles, London Road, Headington, Oxford |
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| Bury Knowle Park, Headington, Oxford |
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| Under Construction, Bury Knowle Park, Headington, Oxford |
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| Shotover Lanes, Oxford |
There are more pictures from the Headington Snow Day in a
Flickr Album.
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