It's cold..it's been snowing......

Woke up to this fantastic scene this morning. I know blogland will be FULL of gorgeous snowy pics..

But couldn't resist putting on the wellys and stomping out into it to take a few photos. My camera is unable to take any decent interior shots, but can pull out the stops outside!

Love this view of the church, as I was wandering around the graveyard I could hear the organ playing "once in Royal David's City". Obviously getting into practice for the carol service tomorrow evening.

Listen the snow is falling...............

Listen the snow is falling, I have always been intrigued by these lyrics.

 I woke up several times in the night to see if it was snowing.

This morning I was not disappointed! It has been hard to take decent photos, but you get the general idea!

Being snowed in and having time on my hands I decided to look up the lyrics.

Listen, the snow is falling over town

Listen, the snow is falling everywhere

Between the Empire State building

and between Trafalgar Square

Listen, the snow is falling over town

Listen, the snow is falling over town

Listen, the snow is falling everywhere

Between your bed and mine

Between your head and mine

Listen the snow is falling over town

Between Tokyo and Paris

Between London and Dallas

Between your God and mine

Listen, the snow is falling everywhere

Snow, dream

Snowfall

Snow, fly

Listen

Listen

John Lennon and Yoko Ono

This morning the sun is shining and the scene is breathtaking, unfortunately still unable to get the car out of the drive & the lane is lethal with compacted ice.

Don't let it get to you!

I felt that I had to add this picture which a friend sent me yesterday. Somehow she and her family managed to find time to build this lovely smiling fella while her husband started major works on their home.... and I am talking MAJOR...... roof coming off and a whole first floor being added.. all taking place in the coldest winter for 20 yrs.

It's good to have a sense of humour.

Deep and crisp and (sometimes) even...

This is the view from my kitchen window at 6 am this morning, we woke up to an incredible amount of snow and no electricity! (This was NOT forecast, the official weather weather website said we would be having "light rain"......)

Time to light the woodburner & boil some water for a much needed cuppa...


Later, as it gets light the state of the lane becomes apparent, and all plans for the day are shelved (yet again).... The tracks you can see were made by tractors. A neighbour did attempt to drive along here in a normal vehicle... his abandoned car is just around the corner!

But as always I cannot resist wrapping up warm and stomping outside with the camera. The above view is the front garden. The weight of the snow has brought down a few branches.

The back garden, just love the way the bare branches of the apple tree are coated. All very pretty, but sadly it means we will not be selling at the Vintage fashion fair in Stroud tomorrow. In fact I have just heard that it has been cancelled.

As for the fair in Cardiff on Sunday, only time will tell......

There is also the small problem of food (and drink) supplies as I had intended to do a big shop today. It would appear we have a few random tins of this & that (what can you make with tinned tomatoes, pumpkin seeds and a melon!).... ah aha, whats this a whole bottle of port left over from Christmas... yummy!

So, what is this all about then?

Here they are, let me introduce you to the annual "torture boots"..... We just got home from a lovely holiday in Austria, but on that first day in the basement boot room you really do wonder why on earth you are cramming your poor feet into these glamorous things....... and then to attach them to long pieces of fibre glass in order to hurtle down icy slopes at ridiculous speed..... why?

it has to be worth it for the view from the top.......


..or stopping at a charming mountain restaurant for a delicious cup of hot chocolate......( isn't that a wonderful shade of green on those shutters).


.. in order to ski further to enjoy more views......these trees were absolutely amazing....



Then back at the hotel one can admire the fantastic old painted furniture (how I would have liked to have smuggled this one home!)



Another fab view on another day. I do have dozens more piccies from the holiday, but I won't bore you all too much. We met some really lovely people, and some not so great ones (throwing furniture out of your hotel room at midnight is NOT the way to behave on holiday) ... there was also a ski instructor with an attitude problem. I endured 3 days of ski school with him, then played hooky for the rest of the week!
It is good to get away, but coming home is wonderful.... apart from the amount of washing that you have to face!