The snow fell quietly and insistently when most citizens were sound asleep. God was shaking out his eiderdown. He is a big guy so his quilt is exceptionally large - filled to bursting with little white feathers.
Both of my photos were taken this morning. At the front there's a little family with their huge dog that just did a Scooby Doo-sized poo (American: shit) on our verge. Fortunately, the mother picked up the steaming pile in a handy XXXL plastic poo bag. Good boy Goliath!
Meanwhile out back - the view is from our bedroom window. The sheep are called Beau and Peep. Beau and Peep wherefore art thou? They are my snow gauges. Upon their backs they had over six inches today which for the odious Elon Musk would appear incredible.
Now it's half past one in the afternoon and outside there is the drip-drip-drip of a slow thaw.
There will be no Sunday roast today. Instead, I am constructing a big stew in a huge glass casserole dish. The beef chunks are already bubbling in seasoned gravy and sliced onions on the hob. Later there'll be chunks of swede (American: rutabaga), sliced carrots, leeks, lentils and homemade dumplings. There will also be freshly baked baguettes - using a supermarket part-baked pack.
It will be delicious and wholesome - just the thing for a snowy day. Over the Christmas period we have tucked into no less than five roasts and so this will be a bit different.
Shirley has already baked a Bakewell tart using a traditional recipe she acquired from the late mother of one of her best friends. She was called Mary and via that mouth-watering traditional pie she has hereby gained a degree of immortality. It will be enjoyed with vanilla custard.
Little Phoebe went out sledging with her father earlier. I saw the amateur phone video footage. She was having so much fun and laughing all the way. Sheffield has many hills and so it's a great place for sledging. They were in nearby Bingham Park.
At two in the afternoon, your intrepid correspondent had only been out to feed the birds and to put a few items in our recycling bins.
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