Thursday, March 1, 2012

St David's Day



Today is St David's Day




The Weather today...

Rather Cold (6 degrees f)with a ridiculous amount of snow around (the 4 plus inches added yesterday not helping this)

Anchorage snow fall 2011-2012 (inches)
date March 1, 2012
historical average 49.8 inches
actual Season to date 119.6 inches


INFO from here




I'm reading
Unforgettable,Unforgotten by Anna Buchan (Pen name O.Douglas) it's a memoir of her family (her brother was John Buchan of "The 39 steps" fame)




The family are falling ill with a yukky sore throat/tummy bug so it may be an "at home" and indoors by the fire day today..we'll see.


If so I daresay I'll be reading more of this book to them as they are enjoying it so much.






Cats in the Belfry by Doreen Tovey

available as an ebook for the Nook here

and for Kindle here

you can read a sample on the Amazon page to see if it's your cup of tea..it's an old favourite of mine :0)

from an old gravestone

If you hold your nose to the Grindstone
and you leave it there long enough,
Then soon you'll say
there's no such things
as brooks that babble
and birds that sing,
these three will all your world compose,
just you, the stone and your poor old nose.

(from memory so may not be word perfect)