A Snow Day

Hello Lovelies,

After the exciting snowfall on the evening of Boxing day, Saturday dawned bright cold.....youngest and I were straight outside with our cameras.........

The world looked beautiful, blanketed in white. The red of the berries and the Robin's breast standing out prettily...........

How I LOVED having a photography companion on my walk. This photo of my baby ( he's twelve ) togged up in his bobble hat and walking boots with stripy socks makes me so happy.........

The horse field looked gorgeous in the low morning sunshine............

and the horses came straight over to see if we had anything for them to eat..........

Youngest was nervous of these big " scary equines" as he amusingly called them....but they were on the other side of an electric fence.....and having grown up with horses, I do love chatting to them.

 The snow had cleaned their hooves beautifully ( as it was cleaning our walking boots too) and this chap looked almost like he had got varnish on his contrasting hooves :0)............

Youngest was happy when they were distracted by a sound across the field....."could that be breakfast arriving?" you could almost hear them thinking............

Further along at the stables all the horses seemed to be still in their beds............

and there were just a couple of sheep in the field...........

who were equally as hungry as the horses..............this one dashed over bravely and sniffed my camera to see if it was edible...........

sorry chap....I'm sure your owner will arrive with some hay very soon.

By now we were were getting peckish too. There was just time to take in the view at sunrise corner........

before we walked back along the chilly lane, home for our own breakfast..........

At the back door I had to smile at this warning sign ...made by eldest..........

 it says "careful....very slippery" bless him.

Indoors it was lovely to thaw out a bit and enjoy the sunshine brightening our home. My second lot of Hyacinth bulbs are in flower..............



I love their heady scent and delicate colour.............

We weren't back indoors for long before the temptation to check out the sledging field became irrisistable........

It was very pleasant stood in the sunshine.....looking towards the hill.......



And watching my boys having fun......

This picture of middle son in very unsuitable footwear speaks to me about how quickly my teenagers are growing at the moment....it seems someone always needs replacement, bigger clothes or shoes at the moment. New wellies are next on middle sons list....then a larger school blazer.

The blue sky snow day was so pretty...........

And I did enjoy whizzing downhill too....just a couple of times.......

Back home again it was time for lunch and a mince pie............

My super thoughtful eldest gave me this lovely mug for Christmas......

he knows me so well.

It's such a treat to have bright, sunny snow days while the boys are on holiday. And so nice to finally have properly cold, seasonal weather .

But I am looking forward to spring :0)
Jacquie x