It is curious that even centuries of repetition of the yearly cycle did not induce a sufficient degree of confidence to allow people to abandon the ceremonies of the winter solstice.

If the plants are cared for and protected over the winter, the second year is more prolific than the first.

It costs two to three times as much to remove a BTU in summer as it does to add one in winter, so every solitary BTU is worth attention.

Even some of the queens will die before the winter is over, falling prey to enemies or disease.

The details of the setting of `` Neutral Tones '' are not, strictly speaking, metaphorical, but they combine to create a mood which is appropriate both to a dismal winter day and to the end of love, and in this way love and weather, the emotions and the elements, symbolize each other in a way that is common to many of Hardy's best poems ( `` Weathers '', `` The Darkling Thrush '', and `` During Wind and Rain '', for example ) and to some moving passages in the novels as well ( Far From The Madding Crowd is full of scenes constructed in this way ).

for those who live in a winter climate, there is nothing better than a bucket of water and snow.

Yet Dartmouth still is the dominant member of the Intercollegiate Ski Union, which includes the winter sports colleges of Canada as well as those of this country.

The Troop is proud of its camping-out program -- on year-round schedule and was continued even when sub-zero temperatures were registered during the past winter.

The seeds germinate in the fall or winter when the soil temperature is cool.

With over 120 million visitors a year tourism is integral to the Alpine economy with much it coming from winter sports although summer visitors are an important component of the tourism industry.

Thus at Mobile the annual mean is 67 ° F ( 19 ° C ), the mean for the summer 81 ° F ( 27 ° C ), and for the winter 52 ° F ( 11 ° C ); and at Valley Head, in De Kalb county, the annual mean is 59 ° F ( 15 ° C ), the mean for the summer 75 ° F ( 24 ° C ), and for the winter 41 ° F ( 5 ° C ).

At Montgomery, in the central region, the average annual temperature is 66 ° F ( 19 ° C ), with a winter average of 49 ° F ( 9 ° C ), and a summer average of 81 ° F ( 27 ° C ).

The average winter minimum for the entire state is 35 ° F ( 2 ° C ), and there is an average of 35 days in each year in which the thermometer falls below the freezing-point.

During each winter there is usually one fall of snow in the south and two in the north ; but the snow quickly disappears, and sometimes, during an entire winter, the ground is not covered with snow.

The Northern Hemisphere is considered to be halfway through its summer and the Southern Hemisphere halfway through its winter on this day.

The season runs during the winter and is called the Fiesta Brava.

Fonni is a winter sports centre with a ski lift to Monte Spada and Bruncu Spina.

Some girls ' schools also have navy blue skirts and open necked white blouses long in winter and short in summer, as the skirts are not allowed higher than below the knee ; the skirts also have splits up the centre at the back.

It is an internationally renowned winter sports centre, and hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics as well as the 1984 and 1988 Winter Paralympics.

In winter, from October – November till May – June, the sea freezes, with the average January water temperatures of – 1. 9 ° C in the north, between – 1. 3 and – 1. 7 ° С in the centre, and between – 0. 5 and – 0. 7 ° С in the bays.

Pau is still a centre for winter sports and equestrian events, with a steeplechase.

The town also has an annual event called Spirit, a street theatre show every winter which takes place in the town centre.

Trysilfjellet is the largest winter sports centre in Norway with 65 prepared slopes.

The centre of the castle was filled with temporary huts to house the workforce over the winter.

His interest was awakened by a winter of study in Copenhagen, then the centre of Norse philology.

The town is a popular winter sports centre, with over 60 km of ski routes served by 30 ski lifts.

The rugby club is a centre of activities during the winter.

The winter shed cricket pavilion has been replaced with a new stand and media centre.

The winter shed was demolished in 2008 and replaced by a new stand and media centre, giving the approach to the north entrance a distinctive and modern waymark.

Light frost will be experienced several nights each winter in the city centre, more often in the western suburbs.

She requested from him the Rule of the Third Order Franciscans, and, in the winter of 1919, opened three institutions in Blato: a day-recovery centre, a child-care facility, and an orphanage.

* the Jouppilanvuori winter sports centre

On clear winter mornings Coldstream is one of the coldest places around Melbourne, with the temperature dropping below 0 ° C ( 32 ° F ) on several mornings each year ( it very rarely drops below 2 ° C in the centre of Melbourne ).

Further into the sea, the ice cover transforms into drifting ice having the thickness of 2 – 3 m. The southern winter winds shift this ice northwards, making polynyas near the sea centre.

7 Penhold Squadron parades at Hangar 6 on the base during the autumn, winter, and spring seasons when the summer training centre is inactive.

The islands have for more than 1, 000 years been the centre of great cod fisheries, especially in winter, when the cod migrates south from the Barents Sea and gathers in Lofoten to spawn.

Bansko, once mainly a stockbreeding and travelling merchant community, has become an international centre for winter and summer tourism.

Tahkovuori is a popular winter sport centre.

The town of Bansko, an important tourism and winter sports centre, is situated on the northeast slopes of the Pirin Mountains.

Razlog has developed as a centre of winter tourism in the 1990s and 2000s owing to its favourable position in the vicinity of the Pirin, Rila and Rhodope mountains.

Dartmouth students ski everywhere in winter, starting with their own front door.

Ski resorts such as Les Menuires in France are purpose built for the ski industry and winter tourism.

From 1980 to the present, ski-lifts have been modernized and snow-making machines installed at many resorts, leading to concerns regarding the loss of traditional Alpine culture and questions regarding sustainable development as the winter ski industry continues to develop quickly and the number of summer tourists decline.

Even the troops detailed for the mission were given misdirection, told they were headed for a cold region and outfitted with ski boots, fleece-lined parkas, and other winter equipment.

The College also maintains the Dartmouth Skiway, a skiing facility located over two mountains near the Hanover campus in Lyme Center, New Hampshire that serves as the winter practice grounds for the nationally dominant Dartmouth ski team.

Outside major cities and ski resorts, tourist season typically begins Victoria Day continuing to Labour Day or Thanksgiving ; motels would be largely vacant ( operating at slightly reduced prices or occasionally closed ) for the winter, while campgrounds would be effectively unusable outside the high season.

With some of the largest ski mountains on the East Coast, New Hampshire's major recreational attractions include skiing, snowmobiling and other winter sports, hiking and mountaineering, observing the fall foliage, summer cottages along many lakes and the seacoast, motor sports at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and Motorcycle Week, a popular motorcycle rally held in Weirs Beach near Laconia in June.

* Nordic combined, a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping

* Nordic skiing, a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing

Employed by military forces to fight in winter conditions, they are the most closely related modern type to the original ski.

Because of an extended stay in rehab, his performance at Snowbombing, a week-long winter sports and music festival held in the Austrian ski resort of Mayrhofen, was cancelled – with the slot being filled by 2ManyDJs.

In the winter of 1965 / 66, two new ski boots made of plastic came to market.

The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.

It is especially known for its ski resort and slopes during the winter as well as an extensive festival schedule during the summer.

In the winter, thousands arrive in Zakopane to ski, especially around Christmas and in February.

Zakopane hosted the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1929, 1939, and 1962 ; the winter Universiades in 1956, 1993, and 2001 ; the biathlon World Championship ; several ski jumping world cups ; and several Nordic combined, Nordic and Alpine European Cups.

In the winter, tourists are drawn to Zakopane for its excellent conditions for winter sports: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, and ski jumping.

: In the winter many people come to Taos to ski.

It is possible to surf in the Pacific Ocean and ski on a mountain during the same winter day in Southern California.

During winter Mount Buffalo Ski School run cross country ski lessons and snowshoe tours-Alpine abseiling is also available for groups

However recent developments have brought a change, especially since winter ski resorts such as Arlberg or Kitzbühel are now more and more frequented by Eastern Europeans, Russians and Americans.

Hood and Mt. Bachelor are used as ski resorts in the late winter.

The main income is from ski resorts in winter, and from tourism in summer.