Snow! Snow! Snow!

Yes! Snow! Hurrah!

I've just been for a wander in the snow. It was COMPLETELY marvellous. My hands are now dry and chapped, my nose is very cold but it was FABULOUS! I'd been pottering in the living room for most of the evening with the curtains closed and it was only when I wandered up the stairs that I discovered...it had been snowing! And it still was! I dashed to get my camera, started taking photos and then...donned coat, hat and gloves and wandered out. My my, SNOW!

And what's better than snow? Snow by the seaside! Hurrah! Yes, this snow episode is brought to you all the way from snowy Morecambe :)

So, wandering down my street I saw the first of many little groups of kids wandering, enjoying the snow and having little snowballing skirmishes. I think I only had one snowball thrown my way / at me and whoever threw that one was well hidden - and it completely missed. Generally folk just seemed to be having fun. Early on in the wander my camera got brain freeze (bless it) so I took to sneaking it out for a couple of snaps and then snuggling it under my big not-real-fur furry coat.

There must be at least 3-4 inches of snow lying on the ground and because I went out while it was still mid-flurry (I'd say snow *storm* but that just seems too severe...it was only snowing, after all. Big soft flakes. GORGEOUS) there weren't many folk about so I got plenty of virgin snow to wander through. Powderey and delightful - just brilliant. Not sure how many of the photos'll come out given I was on point and shoot mode on a non-SLR without a tripod, but hey, I've got the memories. From my house, along the Prom up to the Stone Jetty Cafe and back again. Just BRILLIANT.

Add to that the fact that I did the third coat of paint on the 2nd floor front room, finished up installing 2 built-in shelves and sorting out where my books were going to go, fed myself very well (2 hot meals, I love winter), went to the cinema and worked out how to fix a "broken" fan heater (a friend had turned it off in the way that I NEVER turn it off...I fixed it by taking the fuse out, buying new ones of the wrong amp rating, putting a fuse from something else in to see if the fuse was bust...and realising I just needed to turn the thing on...but actually, I'm pleased as it meant I dug out another fan heater that came with the house and now have 2 fan heaters - one for my room and one for the treatment room - which means I don't have to lug them up and down the stairs. Hurrah!) and it's been a marvellous day.

Did I mention how much I love the snow? Because, quite simply, Snow + Morecambe + Tigger in furry coat and brilliant boots = Marvellous Marvellous Fabulousness :)

Here's to Ms Payne

"Are you still writing?"

Well, no. Not really. I half compose blogs in my head, I don't quite get them into "print". I don't want to spend hours writing anguished missives in the way I used to. I jot down when I need to - I integrate without more often than not. But I do LIKE writing. My brain has just been wandering elsewhere recently.

And therein lies the rub. Lots to say. Not quite the words to say it. Perhaps tomorrow...