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Ice on my car...


We've had some pretty nippy nights here over the last few weeks, sometimes the temperature has gone down to 0 deg celsius. We don't get snow here but when my car is parked out on the road it does sometimes receive a coating of ice. The morning I took this photo I had to take my 2 teens to the bus stop at 7.30am and it took me a took 5 minutes of pouring cold water on the windscreen to melt the ice.

We are continuing to pack here and there's been quite a bit of decluttering going on. The other half was cleaning out a cupboard area under our stairs that's been used as a sort of "can't find a home for whatever is in there" storage place and he advertised a few items on a local facebook page - a couple of people came by and took most of it and an unused bed frame was taken to work by him then picked up by a colleague.

This morning I made some chocolate cupcakes to take into work tomorrow as it's my 2nd to last day there, half of them had quite a bit of whiskey added and the other half had rum added so they are a little bit boozy to put it mildly - I think they'll be enjoyed greatly.

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Susan Heather said…
Shouldn't be that bad up here!!!!
9 July 2018 at 16:30
Amypie said…
That's right, although when I lived in Mangawhai we had some very very cold mornings so cold it would almost go right through you, probably because we were near the beach though.
9 July 2018 at 16:40
local alien said…
Nice to get rid f all your surplus!
I presume you'll be a lot warmer up north .
9 July 2018 at 18:29
PerthDailyPhoto said…
Such a lovely feeling when you declutter! No ice here yet Amy, but winter is over yet 😉
10 July 2018 at 00:01
Graham Edwards said…
Like you I rarely have ice on my windscreen on Lewis but on the other hand temperatures over 26℃ are equally rare.
10 July 2018 at 00:11
Sharon said…
It's hard for me to get the concept of cold weather when it's so darn hot here.
10 July 2018 at 03:14
William Kendall said…
Are ice scrapers available in hardware stores there?
10 July 2018 at 03:45
Bill said…
Some people here throw hot water on their icy windscreen. That's a good way to crack it. Those cupcakes sound good. :)
10 July 2018 at 06:12
Amypie said…
nah we don't really need them that much here, it doesn't get cold enough for that.
10 July 2018 at 07:25
Amypie said…
I don't envy you, can't stand Summer, Autumn is my favourite season - not too hot not too cold.
10 July 2018 at 07:25
Amypie said…
It's pretty similar to here temperature-wise but the cold is a bit more damp there, here it's more dry.
10 July 2018 at 07:26
Photo Cache said…
If we are having the hottest of hots then you must have the coldest of cold :)

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10 July 2018 at 11:24
Lady Fi said…
Brrrr - I do love frost though.
10 July 2018 at 17:57
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