Razzy our Alaskan cat
After an icefog turning the city into a magical place for quite a while the fog has lifted and the snow started to fall. When I walked eldest d to school my hands got cold, I was wearing gloves not mittens and they don't work as well for me. Later when I set out to the store I was well wrapped up and it was beautiful. Not like living in the centre of a city at all! We must have had 6 or so inches of fresh snow onto of the base layer. It's light dryish snow that is easy to kick through when fresh. It was snowing as I walked and the only extra that would've been nice was a pair of goggles. I've tried to take a few snaps to give you an idea of how it looked. By the time I walked a few miles in it ..just there and back to stores and the postoffice, my legs were quite tired. Eldest d PE lesson consisted of sledding down the sledding hill at school...Eldest daughters "reading buddies" lesson at school was a sledding party..down the sledding hill .... Eldest d was a little tired last night..lol and I think it's going to snow again but hopefully it'll be warmer than they think or it'll be too cold to play in...
(The last photograph is our back gate)
It all looks so pretty and romantic - just right for Christmas. We might even get some snow here in a day or so - it won't be as deep as yours or last for more than a day or two but I will enjoy it. You know what we are like here, though: no chains for cars, no snowploughs; grit and salt already running low after two nights of frost ....! England will grind to a halt while your schools have their own sledding hill!
ReplyDeleteWe're lucky we are allowed studded tires between October and May..this can make a huge difference.
ReplyDelete(It savages the roads 'though)
Also the divided highways (dual carriage ways and up)try and have a sorted of wide shallow dip/ditch in the divider to safely catch the "ditch divers" actually the roads are quite bad at the moment as there is a layer of ice under the snow and some people drive far too fast for the conditions the adn (local paper)last night "Between midnight and 5:30 p.m., Anchorage police responded to 52 accidents, including nine with minor injuries. There were also 60 vehicles in distress, 30 percent of which were on the Glenn Highway, according to police." oops
Ahh. Real snow! And look at those temperatures. One below freezing here in London seems luxurious.
ReplyDeleteLovely. Lucky you!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous seasonal photos: gorgeous cats! All we have here in South Wales, UK are melting icicles and bitter rain!
ReplyDeleteGlad we feel the same about those (dare I say it!) round robins!
Colleen it's funny how cold is sort of relative when it warms up to 20 f here it feels positively balmy which is crazy but true!
ReplyDeleteCoastcard... I was reading blogs before coffee..hope I wasn't too blunt. Gosh you have lots of lovely blogs for me to read ...just had a quick glimpse and love the sheep photo!
Gorgeous photographs. We've got a reasonable amount of the white stuff here, about 5 inches. First time in I don't know how long. The cat was disgusted at first and refused to go outside but he's decided he LOVES it!
ReplyDeleteAren't cats funny in snow Liz..ours either love it or refuse to set paw on it..and no-one is undecided!
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