In the morning, I looked out the window and saw that the courtyard was covered with snow. A pure white blanket of snow covered the lawns and walkways, hiding cars and benches. It all looked very attractive - clean, white, fresh! Immediately after breakfast I hurried to get dressed and go for a walk.
In reality it was not as beautiful and pleasant as the picture from the window. It had been snowing for almost 24 hours, and the height of the snow cover in the morning was more than 10 centimetres. Or rather, it would have been - if the temperature had not fluctuated around zero, and the falling snow would not have melted. But in reality, the untouched snow remained untouched only where there were no passers-by or car traffic. In the city streets, the snow very quickly turned into snow mush under the wheels of cars, and on the pavements the melted snow was covered with a crust of ice.
I decided to take a little walk in the park near the Admiralty. We had warm spring weather before the snowfall started, and there are scooters and bicycles on duty in the park waiting for people who want to ride. For some reason the companies did not remove the scooters during the snowfall, although such weather is hardly conducive to their good performance. The fountain in front of the Admiralty is ready to work, but the fountain bowl is covered with snow.
Busts and monuments in the Alexander Garden are decorated with snow caps. The monument to the poet Vasily Zhukovsky also got a white snow collar. A flowerbed with flowers was completely covered with snow. How will the flowers survive this caprice of weather?
Most likely, this was the last snowfall of this spring, and the next time I will see the same white scenery will be not earlier than in six months. So I didn't hurry home, and continued my walk. I started my walk near the fountain, and further on I walked towards Palace Square. Usually the alleys of the Alexander Garden are quite a busy place, but the weather scared away the people who wanted to walk, and the park was not crowded. Then I crossed the bridge over the Neva River and walked around Vasilyevsky Island some more, trying to choose quiet streets with few people and cars.
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| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
The snowfall adds a magical touch to Alexander Garden, transforming it into a winter wonderland. Such serene beauty captured in your photos!
It really was a beautiful walk. Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful photos! Love the old buildings. Thanks for sharing. 😊
It really was a very enjoyable walk, I'm so glad you liked the photos!
What a kind and beautiful way of describing snow. I admire the way you describe it, and the wonderful photographs.
Thank you so much, I'm really glad you enjoyed this post!
Must be really cold, the Neva river it's not iced ?🤣 By the way the Alexander garden looks so romantic under the ❄️ snow, a nice place for having a walk weird that the flowers survived at such temperatures.
The ice on the Neva and other rivers has already melted, we had warm days, up to +15, before that. This sudden snowfall was a surprise. Thank you very much!
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Those scooters sure looks like not going anywhere soon.
At least not till the nice snow cover go away.
It's amazing, but within 24 hours this snow melted. Today only memories of this snow remain:)
Thank you so much!
You're welcome. Sounds like those scooters may have business soon
Extreme but beautiful. I guess nobody can use scooters or bikes like that.
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This snow disappeared as suddenly as it appeared:) Strange weather caprice!