Snow day 21

So with no let up with the arctic conditions and several days housebound we were all relieved to hear of a snow plough in the next village Stoke Hammond. (you've probably heard all councills have run out of road salt)...And so it was yesterday the whole village turned out to celebrate our freedom from the freezing conditions (A lorry full of salt)! Aha, school tomorrow at last !! Rumour has it that half term is to be cancelled because of the 'impromtu' half term the bad weather has inflicted on us. How we wish for some warm weather... Surely somewhere it is hot and humid.........or just hot ?

Half Term

It only seems five minutes since Christmas, now all of a sudden it's half term! We had a great day out at the Safari Park today - and lovely to remember that among the last wild animal parks we visited were Auckland Zoo and Steve Irwin's legacy Australia Zoo - by Crikey!

Now only one more week until Pancake Day!

How lucky are we?

For those of you in sunnier climbs, I hope you relish in these pictures of our freezing and hazardous conditions! We had yet more snow yesterday, and guess what, even more today! Emma has been to school for all of ONE day this week, and I have managed only 3 days in work. Congratulations to Claudia on the safe arrival of baby Jessica, I hope she enjoys her first few weeks in the warmth and sushine before coming home! Xanthe, hope the piccies help you cool down a bit!! You're how hot??

Today's pictures are brought to you by Tim!

Thatch characters

We love the tradition of putting straw characters on top of thatched roofs. The cottage at the bottom of our lane has two pheasants on it, you can probably just about see in this picture as the girls go off sledging. But we found a new character today, a puddy cat creeping along this rooftop, complete with whiskers. How cute is that?

How festive!

The holly and the ivy!

Winter wonderland!

I couldn't resist getting my camera out to take some pictures of the village in the snow. It was really beautiful!

Let it snow!

Today we had the biggest downfall of snow for 6 years. This is a picture of our lane as we attempted to get out of it this morning. Having braved the elements to get Emma to school it turned out to be closed so she spent the best part of the day snowballing and sledging with her friends. Tough life eh??

Caught red handed

We thought this was so funny! Half our pond froze over last week and it seems one of the cats who frequent the garden thought it might be a good opportunity to nab a fish...but then after 3 pawprints of progress he or she thought better of it...!

Of course if the ice had cracked it would have made an excellent "you've been framed" moment!

PS this was probably not our cat, Lucy. She is still spending approx 22 hours a day on the lizard tank!