The Acacias Management Office

crazy winter

In December, he was still talking, smiling, although some long face was already of course, now we talk about crisis, but where is the snow?
Unfortunately these days it seems that the answer has come from overseas where the cold and the frost had already killed thirty people.
is reported this morning on Print:

Thirty dead. Accidents. Transportation blocked and schools closed. And 'the tragic balance of the exceptional wave of storms that struck during the weekend on the United States. [...] The central states were brought to their knees climate crazy. Snow, floods and even a tornado caused deaths and damage to hundreds of millions of dollars. The state is the hardest hit Oklahoma, where three people died hypothermia after being left too long outside. The ice storm has left 100 thousand people without power and blocked roads in the country [...] President Bush has declared a state of natural disaster, calling for federal aid for emergency operations.

The state of emergency could be declared soon here in Italy but for the opposite reason: the absolute lack of snow is dragging mountain tourism businesses in the economic abyss da cui difficilmente si riuscirà ad uscire.

Ad impazzire non è solo l'economia e il turismo ma soprattutto la natura: già l'epifania ci aveva regalato il video della passeggiata sulle piste da sci di Madonna di Campiglio di un'orsa con i suoi piccoli ( su Kataweb è possibile vedere il filmato) ora leggo che sui pendii piemontesi sono già tornate le farfalle:

Si ha un bel guardare in alto, far correre gli occhi fin su, sulle creste, in cerca di riverberi bianchi: i versanti a Sud - a volte anche quelli a Nord - sono spogli, puliti: niente neve fino in cima. Su qualche prato germoglia addirittura l’erba e a Ceresole Reale, versante piemontese, slopes between 600 and one thousand meters butterflies appear. Not seeing double as travelers or tourists is precisely the "Vanesse nettle," the butterflies with red dots blacks ("Aglais urticae).

Sunday we caught the few friends we have advantages in bringing us to this strange climatic conditions Perlonc Inn Treviso Bresciano to eat the spit with polenta
:-) While the boys were preparing to play rugby on a similar lawn outside the inn, it seemed strange to hear from the owner as last year that green coat was covered with snow.
And finally about to spit guess what I saw myself again serve Once at the table? The birds ...
For fans of the genre an entertaining video of our Ciccio who likes to open the beak of the unfortunate bird ( weak stomach refrain eheheh)!



Update January 17
HERE all other pictures of the Gita :-)

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