The past three days have brought intermittent snow showers and plenty work for strong backs in the capital, where today’s mid-day temp was: -3C/26F.

Snowplows stand at the ready near Opera Square while Yerevan has experienced its most significant snowfall of the season. About 6 centimeters of white stuff came down on the capital late Tuesday and continues today.

Mother Nature couldn't decide whether rain or snow, so she sent both in Yerevan Tuesday. Mid-day temp: -1C/30F.

Lollipop yellow-tops from Georgia have made it to Yerevan streets ahead of the late-winter/early-spring wildflowers, selling for about $1.30 a bunch. (Weather in Yerevan today, January 30, is high +3C/37 F, low -4C/25F.)

At war memorial sites throughout Armenia, January 28 is honored as Army Day.

Not on his way to a last supper, we hope, a vendor takes Jesus and his apostles on a stroll through Yerevan, where Friday mid-day temps reach 7C/45F.

Yerevan's Abovyan Avenue will soon be uncluttered again, as workers complete the removal of kiosks, shops and cafes that had crowded the sidewalks in violation of the new city ordinance banning such businesses. Following snow showers earlier in the week, workers labored under clear skies Wednesday in mid-day temperature of 3C/37F.

Grateful Armenians gathered near the French Embassy in Yerevan on Tuesday to hail the passage of a bill in Paris the previous night criminalizing the 1915 Genocide denial.

A sport romanticized in movies and held as a privilege for the nobles is again on the rise in Armenia after years of obscurity.

Fencing as a sport began to develop in Armenia in the middle of last century when Hrachya Gasparyan, a coach from Tbilisi, united all fencing groups operating in the South Caucasus country. In 1945 Armenia held its first fencing championship.

Under the watchful eye of their furry friend, Yerevan girls enjoy ice cream -- in January! Thursday afternoon temp: +3C/37F.