Outside the snow is around eight inches deep. Weather systems conspired to dump a whole heap of the white stuff on this region in the past twenty four hours.
We thought ahead and got Phoebe over here as soon as we came back from York. We look after her every Thursday and Friday so having her here on Wednesday night meant that Shirley would not have to skid around in snow this morning in order to pick her up.
Phoebe has been out on a sledge in the garden - laughing about it but none too pleased when she fell off into the soft but "crunchy" blanket of snow. This is the first time in her life that she has ridden on a sledge and it's also the first time she has thrown a snowball. I should have built her a snowman but I was too lazy to do that and preferred to stay snug and warm inside our house - apart from the short sledging session this afternoon..
Maybe I will build a snowman in the morning - even though we have no coal for the eyes. I recall that the worst thing about building a snowman is getting cold hands. We have some spare carrots.
I am pleased that I went to our Lidl supermarket at around nine o'clock yesterday night - even though the snow was already beginning to fall. I managed to stock up on groceries to a degree whereby we can easily survive extended snow problems till next week. Besides we have a little Sainsburys store and a Co-op shop within easy walking distance of this house.
For us, the winter of 2022/2023 has been very mild and mostly green but there's always a chance of late snowfalls even into April. It is not especially cold out there. My electronic thermometer with an outside sensor tells me it is exactly 0℃ right now as midnight approaches.
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