It started snowing again last night, but we were all home, safe and warm, so no reason to panic. I believe some people went a little crazy in the local supermarkets yesterday buying up tons of canned goods and generally preparing for winter in the Yukon rather than a few days snow in the UK....I bought a couple of extra loaves of bread, but figured if we get low on food I can just pull on my wellies and walk.
So we awoke to this scene of destruction in the garden - there's going to be some work needs doing when it all thaws out! Schools are closed, so no work for me today - a completely free day at home, it's like a belated Christmas present!
I dragged my daughter out for a walk with the dog as soon as it got light - the snow was up to the top of her wellies in some places, so we took it slow and didn't go too far.
Somebody had a wonderful time running full tilt up and down - good job he has long legs!
Thanks to all of you who passed on condolences over the loss of Jasper - I really appreciated your kind words. An update on the other dog - he's now sleeping at the top of the stairs at night rather than in the kitchen and has stopped howling so we have had three nights unbroken sleep after a week of misery. Today he even ate his breakfast - he's barely been eating since losing his best mate - so I think he is coming to terms with being an only dog now. I've also been taking him on some high-speed route marches to wear him out and also give him something else to occupy his mind which has helped - good for me too, working off some of the Christmas excess!
I have a few arts & craft projects on the go, but nothing completed for now. Yesterday I realised that despite knitting all the stuff for my Etsy shop, for myself, and commissions, my daughter does not possess a single woolly hat that fits her - oops! I am very ashamed of myself and gave her free rein to choose any yarn from my stash and any pattern, and I spent most of last night trying to finish a hat in an evening....nearly did it but not quite. She should have it before she ventures out into the snow again hopefully!
4 comments:
LOL, poor girl! What is it they say about the cobbler's children going unshod? :)
Unfortunately for villages like ours (which are ungritted) food is a problem - even if like us they have a small co-op. No-one can get a delivery in, and if you haven;t got a car you can't even attempt to get out. Thankfully I keep nuclear supplies, so we should be ok. Or else we can eat the cats, before they eat us.
oh it's looks enchanted!
Lovely snowy pictures. :-)
I always find it totally weird how the English react to snow. I don't think I ever had a snow day off when I was a kid.
Not much snow here in Cambridgeshire unfortunately. Ben's hoping for lots more snow tonight... and a day off school tomorrow.
Can't wait to see Stacie's new hat. :-) Poor kid going cold.... LOL
BEAUTIFUL PIC's but we are fine down here with our "bit" of snow... x x x
Norway there too then !
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