Emerald Celebrations

And five year's on . . .

Holi-Days

A week off and a bit of a 'staycation' . . .

Started out in the cold - icicles on the car and flurries of snow - walking the prom in the sun as snow fell around us! 

Made sure to keep the bird feeders well stocked - although they weren't the only flying things in our skies:
















Martin cooked up a batch of bara brith (here wrapped and ready for freezer) while I made sticky toffee puddings, and cherry brownies - getting the baking done while the rayburn is still on!







Got out into the garden, went for a few walks, and took a trip to Aberaeron - spotting fairy doors on the path out to Llanerchaeron.



Ended the week though in almost-summer sunshine, with a nordic walk looping round the hills across from the house, and some fantastic views . . .

Bunny in the Flowerbed

Beast from the East

After a couple of bitterly cold days (even got sent home from work when the heating failed!), the so-called 'Beast from the East' finally brought snow West with high winds and snow flurries overnight on Thursday.

Got up Friday morning to a snowy world - with drifts of snow around the garden (some deep, although in other areas there was very little snow cover at all):








Took a 'snow day' since there was the promise of more snow to come, and I'd brought some work home with me.

Still very windy out as well, blowing the snow into more drifts - although the forecasted further snowfall never really materialised.

By this morning much of it was already melting, at least in our garden - the mountain road into town was closed though (no milk or fresh veg to be found in the shops today!).



The snow drift at the end of the drive might also be with us for a while yet . . .