Snowville, Wilts

Am starting to feel a little better, and am hopeful that I will be able to shake this lurgy in time for the weekend and a Christmas spent with family. In the meantime I still haven't had the energy to wander far but here are a few snow shots.My snowy street

My feet disappearing in the snow outside the front door

Oscar the snow cat
Even though it's not in focus love the first shot of Oscar's snowy butt :)

Molly with no legs, they're buried in the snow somewhere

Whatever you are up to hope you are managing to stay warm and well.

Beauty is Fleeting

Yesterday I saw a rainbow. I just looked up and there it was staring right back at me through the window.

For lots of reasons that I don't have time to tell you about today, rainbows remind me of my Mum so I'm always happy to see them.

By the time I'd grabbed my camera it was all but gone, but for a few precious moments it's beauty was there for me to enjoy. Rainbows make my soul smile.

Journey to work

The weathermen are promising us more snow, we'll see, they don't always get these things right. But if they are there may be a flurry of new snow pictures to share so before that happens I thought I'd share the last few from this winters first round of snow, so here is a tale of my journey to work.

I step outside and feel the crunch of the newly fallen flakes, which in the dark of night fell silently to cover the world in a beautiful white blanket. Oscar cat has beaten me out of the door. Oscar is as dark as night himself, he could almost disappear in the shadows except those bright shining sea green eyes always give him away!Nothing has escaped the snows cold covering, even the frog keeping watch over the garden has a mohican of snow, but he doesn't seem to mind.Jack Frost has been out this night dancing with the Snow Queen, he's left his frosty daggers all over the tree branches.even the lock on the car door has it's own icicles but I'll leave them to thaw away in their own time, I'm on foot today....... travelling down deserted roads........ and past frozen ponds....A day at work is not in my top ten list of fun ways to spend my time, but when the world is white and you can pretend you're taking a journey through Narnia it makes it a little easier to make the journey in :)

It's a great big white world

Most of the snow has now gone, though I've heard some forecasts which tell us more is on the way, but for now here are a few more snow pictures from last week. You all getting fed up with seeing snow on my blog yet?

A bit of colour in an otherwise white world

Frolics in a Frosty Graveyard

It's really frustrating being stuck at work when the world outside is looking so beautiful. In an attempt to get out and capture the atmosphere while the snow and frost were still fresh on the ground I headed out with my camera on my lunchbreak Tuesday.

Here are a few of my efforts from a frosty churchyard in Corsham. I took far too many pictures so these are just a few. If you happen to be interested in seeing the lot I've put an album on facebook so friend me if you want :)

Winter Sun

I really like this quick snap taken out of the window last week, while the front lawn was carpeted in white. We didn't see much sun but boy when it showed itself it really made the snow gleam.For me there is something very special about the feel of the light cast by the winter sun. I love the rich tones that it gives to anything with colour, like on this close up of some of the stitching on Siberian Gold.

Dorset Days - Part One

My birthday present to Dave this year was to take him away for a short weekend break. What with illnesses and being busy with one thing and another it wasn't until this last weekend gone that we had the chance to make our escape. We spent a fabulous weekend by the coast in Dorset. On Saturday we went for a lovely walk along the coast line. I love being by the sea in the winter months, some might say that it's freezing cold but I like to think of it as invigorating. Whose spirits would fail to be lifted by the sights, sounds and smells of the beautiful and rugged British coastline? Here I am messing around on the beach. As you can tell colour co-ordination wasn't on my mind when I picked out my walking gear that morning, I'm like a giant walking rainbow, though I don't make anywhere near as pretty a picture as a real rainbow :) Here are my good old walking feet taking a well earned rest from wandering the pebbled beach. Beach walking definitely provides a good work out for the legs and bum :) This is one of my favourite shots of the day, a little bit of beach litter that I spotted along the way. Just love how the bright bottle cap stands out against the soft colours of the sea-wet pebbles and glistening seaweed. After a long day out walking in the chilly sea-air, nothing nicer than the feeling of arriving at your cosy accommodation knowing that they'll be a good pint and a gorgeous meal waiting to be had. Perfect days like these make such precious memories.

A misty morning

I do like this time of year, there is a nip in the air and the evenings are cosy and dark, but it's also difficult going to work in the almost dark and coming home in the dark and not being able to make the most of the daylight hours in between. I was a little early for work the other day so challenged myself to spend 5 minutes with the camera in the grounds of our office building, these few snaps are the result.

Double Trouble

Just messing around with my camera, like the idea of this shot, but needs to be better executed something to try again in the future maybe?

Autumn Leaves

A few random shots that I've taken over the last couple of weeks.