Snow… in April?!
I woke up for the Dawn prayer this morning to find it snowing. I’ve heard of April showers… but not April snow!
The weather in London has been extremely diverse these past few days: it was the hottest day of the year so far on Friday, dull and overcast with rain yesterday (typical April weather) and today… well, you can see for yourself!
These shots are were taken from within the confines of my warm bedroom, looking out into the back garden.
Snowy Garden
My mum’s flowers must be very confused…
Snowy Rooftop
Snow Snow Snow
For some strange reason, my neighbours store their spare wheelbarrows on the roof of their shed.
Catching a Snowflake
The mendhi was done by a friend last night at my party. 
Absolutely beautiful snow
dreamessence
April 6, 2008 at 3:41 pm
We often get snow in April, but not this year. The rest of Canada is another story.
Shan
April 6, 2008 at 4:24 pm
OMG, I know!Mum came to wake us up for Fajr, she woke me up with the words:It’s snowing!I’m a die-hard for snow, I absolutely LOVE it.I rushed to the window, it’s amaaaazing how quickly it settled and then disappeared, by morning it had all gone!
hfm18
April 6, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Ohhhhh we had the exact same thing a week or two ago! Except it was even crazier ‘cuz it was SUNNY for a whole week, and then BOOM! Next thing you know, wind storms and flurries of snow!
Your hand is beautiful… don’t you know plumpness is apparently a sign of beauty?
:p
AnonyMouse
April 6, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Lovely!
mummyjaan
April 6, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Snow in April!…
Well, it doesn’t snow that often in England anyway, but snow in April is really unusual (though I’ve witnessed snow in Spring in the past, in the early 1990s when I was at boarding school in Suffolk) particularly when it’s……
Indigo Jo Blogs
April 6, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Mouse: if Sumi were here, she’d remind me that plump hands = a sign of fertility.
iMuslim
April 7, 2008 at 12:30 am
I dont like snow anymore. We had very trouble winter in Iran!! I prefer spring..
Shahrzad
April 7, 2008 at 12:41 pm
You never did tell us what games you played at your party.
Shan
April 7, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Snow in April s not unusual here in Denmark, but this winter has very cold and windy, and when you have wind and freezing temperature, it feels like -20C.
gess
April 7, 2008 at 3:33 pm
salam alaikum
i know what you mean, we had it yesterday here in west drayton, but gutted that its turned up today like they said as i love snow, it makes the trees look so pretty, sorry girlie moment then lol.
just hope it stays clear by wednesday as hubby and son go to morocco and the terminals were closed for a while yesterday.
good luck to all that have snow, just send it my way again lol
khadijah
April 7, 2008 at 7:38 pm
we have the exact same hands!!!!
teagirl
April 8, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Your hands are beautiful
Organic Muslimah
April 8, 2008 at 6:37 pm
We had snow the other day too! I woke up when it had stopped though
And it wasn’t enough to make a snow kitty or anything out of.
Love the snowy roof pic..
mcpagal
April 8, 2008 at 6:49 pm
I am shivering! Cold and I don’t get along very well!
Your palm is beautiful, sis. Don’t worry so much about whether it looks plump or whatever.
Manas Shaikh
April 9, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Jazakallah peeps for the hand compliments… though your comments have kinda made me feel a bit self-conscious!
teagirl, do you also work in a lab?
Shan, I didn’t play any games in the end. It didn’t seem like the right crowd for that, and people were chatting away… but near the end of the night, when there were only six of us left, I decided to break out a few henna cones I had sat in the fridge. That seemed to work well.
iMuslim
April 9, 2008 at 6:55 pm
During my undergrad years I worked in a lab for a year actually..
teagirl
April 10, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Ah, that explains it then! What was your project on?
iMuslim
April 11, 2008 at 1:46 am
hey
I could sweear i left a comment on here recently!!
But just like the princess?? ..
it has disappeared NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN!
zhaid
April 21, 2008 at 9:16 am
I checked my spam folder, and it isn’t there, so it must have been a problem with the browser when you posted the comment.
iMuslim
April 21, 2008 at 9:23 pm