No snow!? Not any more ...

Well if you saw my last post and our little bit of snow, you'd know that we've just not been getting any unlike everywhere else in the UK it seemed. We are in a protected zone here with the South Downs to the North and the IOW to the South, so often weather just misses us.

Yesterday afternoon I was in the kitchen making medlar jam and a medlar cake (my own creation due to the lack of recipes out there - adapted one I found) and listening to the radio about inches and inches of snow everywhere. I've seen the pictures on the little bit of news I caught too - some beautiful postcard scenes. Plus I've seen all you fellow bloggers with all your snow, and yes I was a teeny bit jealous ... for Imogen of course!

Today Imogen was due to go back to school after being unwell and staying home for a few days, but this morning just before my alarm went off there was a school text message to say they were closed today due to snow - which I had seen in the night when I woke up. So I let Imogen sleep in, and hen she awoke she came running into me in bed and asked if she was going to school (very excitedly) and was a little disappointed when I said no. But when I said lets look out of the window to see why school is closed, she gasped with excitement ...

view from front door
It looks like we've had about 4-6 inches

So I no longer feel like the only place in the UK that has no snow, not any more, even when I knew there had been snow to the East, and snow to the West of the City, and snow to the North in Winchester ... we still had only that little bit until last night. It's quite a big thing to have a lot of snow here, and yes I know this isn't a lot compared to many of you - but it is for here, I was amazed how much we had in February this year and now wonder if we are in for more again this Winter. I used to love the snow when I was younger and lived further North - proper snow that we had to dig ourselves out of the front door for, to go to school (no closures in those days, and wrapped up if the heating was broken - didn't get sent home either!).

front garden and our road
Alex's footprints on his way to work
He walks anyway, only a couple of miles maximum

Snowman making, snowball fights, fun and laughter are the things we shall be enjoying today. Then a cosy cuddle on the sofa and maybe a Winter theme film for later. Oh and coffee a slice of Medlar cake that is scrumptious ... details and recipe in another post.

front hedge, outside living room window
where we plan to build a snowman today

Right, off for a coffee and some toast and then get wrapped up to go out in the snow.
See you all later, have a fun and safe day.