It's back!

Yes, we woke up to a wonderful white world again this morning. During the night about 3 inches of snow had fallen and it kept on snowing until about 11 am. And yes, I know this is not good news for everyone and has already caused a lot of nuisance to many people this winter but as for me, I literally skipped along during my dog walks today (in my wellies!).

My pink hyacinths looked even more defined and pink against the background of the snow through the kitchen window. They are reminders that spring will eventually come although at the moment I'm not in any rush to see it arrive. However the pink looked luscious against the white.

But you can see how icy the drainage ditches are along the side of the forest. They have been frozen now since before Christmas and the ice is many inchies thick. You could skate on it if you were so minded. But although I love the snow and the cold I've never been mad about skating despite it being our national sport in The Netherlands when I was growing up. On the other hand I like the accompanying stalls with hot pea soup and drinking chocolate! Back home to provide our own after the dog walk!

Can you spot our cottage in the snow in the far distance. Only the roof of the old cottage makes its way through the falling snow and the picture could have been taken just as easily over 100 years ago as today.

Which reminds me: only yesterday it was announced on our national (I'm talking Scotland here) news that December and January had been the coldest since records began. This made me think hundreds of years back to the seventeenth century, but no, apparently they only started monitoring temperatures back in the early 20th Century so they have only been the coldest months for a little over 100 years. Still quite a long time, just not as long as the romantic in me wanted it to be!

And I remain amazed how beautiful snow makes everything look.