Looking up the global circulation context... The 2018 Sea Ice Max does not yet want to signify the end of Winter...
Actually it was a bit colder in the night when Last Iceman came into existence. Found at daylight, he was taken on a walk. Still a bit windy, Iceman got blown over many times. (Like most icemen, Year's Last Iceman only has one leg.) He is now resting behind the big pot, where he had a look at the Roman potsherd (Herculaneum or what was it) frozen in Terra Preta next to daintily sprouting garden Valerian (Valeriana officinalis L.).
It looks the Bear's Garlic (Allium ursinum) knew better and mostly stayed inside, taking just one little peek to say hello to neighbor Valerian. Both look forward to this year's race of overgrowing each other. Valerian will inevitably win the pot (but only superficially) come Summer and the Sea Ice Min...
For now, Master Frost came riding in on reindeer, then took Finnair on the jet stream, and fulgurated Last Iceman on-the-fly somewhere in Upper Barvaria...
A heard of reindeer driven through central LuleƄ for the first time in 50 years.
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/norrbotten/har-drivs-renhjorden-genom-centrala-lulea
They will return in a couple of weeks.
Click on "Visa alla" at the picture in the link for a few more pictures.
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TBC in next post...