I can’t tell you how often we get weather reports that predict snow, and it all just fizzles out in a flurry.
So when I heard on Friday that we should expect the Beast from the East and 20 cms of snow, I was like “yeah, yeah…whatever “. They never get it right…
We hah! I got it wrong. When I woke up this morning it was raining, as it had been since the afternoon before. Have you ever heard of rain preceding snow? No. It always come afterwards. So I looked out the window at 7am, and instead of the predicted 2am sleet⁸⁸ and snow, I saw rain.
And hour later and it was a ‘whiteout’. Blimey, the snow arrived on the back of the beast and it hasn’t stopped since. Even as I write its blowing a bloody gale outside and the snow is piling up!!! And up!!
Now, I love snow, and I always get really excited when it snows, but this is just seriously bad timing. My booking ends tomorrow and by looks of things, I am not going to be able to get out….😱😱😱🥺🥺
The incoming Carer decided to come this afternoon coz there’s no trains tomorrow, so at least she’s here, but blimey…it looks like I may get stuck here for another day. Meanwhile….
….because I am slightly daft, and because I really wanted some photos of the snow before I (hopefully) leave this booking tomorrow, I decided at 3pm to go for a walk….I didn’t get very far, only 750 meters up the road before returning to the house blinded by freezing snow whipped up by the wind, covered from head to toe in snow, and frozen to the bone 🥶🥶🥶 – okay, not really frozen to the bone, but close enough 🤪🤪🤪 and I got my photos 😁😁😁
The wind has continued to blow for the rest of the day, the snow continues to pile up and the electricity keeps going off!!! It looks like I may well end up getting stuck here for another day…oh well. At least the incoming Carer is here, so I won’t have to work 😉 so for your viewing pleasure, some snow pics
It’s so beautiful 😍😍😍
Everything looks do pretty under a blanket of snow doesn’t it!
I love it. Just magical. If it wasn’t so windy and slippery out, I’d have gone a lot further. There are some gorgeous houses I would have loved to photograph in the snow.
Lord have mercy..i could never deal with having to go get food from a freezer in a shed in the dark and in the cold..much better person than i am!! I’d probably starve first…haha…but we have had our share of “doozy’s” here as of late with snow storms leaving anywhere from 5-18 inches in our state. My area has mostly gotten 4-10 inches in each of the last 2 storms. Thats just winter here in the North Eastern U.S…we never know what to expect year to year. I love watching the snow fall and the pretty pics- from indoors..but loathe driving in it!!
Oh gosh seriously, that’s a lot of snow. Yeah, the freezer eh. Geez. And as luck will have it, the client likes icecream for dessert EVERY night 🥴🥴🥶🥶🥶
wow…hats off to ya!!
Ahh, that’s some pretty snow pictures!! Thanks for taking a walk in the bitterly cold to show us some of the beauty of nature 🌸.
☺☺☺👍👍 you’re welcome. You know us South Africans, a hardy bunch we are….said as I’m still defrosting 🥶🥶🥶🥶🤣🤣 it is beautiful though
I can honestly say … you are much braver than I am!!
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Lovely snow photos…and thanks for not forgetting about our feathered friends! 🐦
Oh it was beautiful. I just wish I’d had the freedom and gear to get out more. Oh yes, our wee birds…its a joy to watch them first discover the seeds, and then tucking in. Thanks for following 😊