As I said last week, it looks like winter is arriving and today I think it’s here. When I got up today it was raining. The guttering I’d put on my shed yesterday was doing it’s job and the water butt was a third full already! I went out to check for leaks and there is water coming in from the front but it was too cold to do anything about it. My fingers were so cold they were hurting and I was only outside for a few minutes. I had to pop in and out throughout the day, and each time my fingers were the same so I limited my ventures outside to necessary only; feed animals, empty compost bin, let dog out… I think today is the first day I haven’t done anything at all in the garden.
Just after lunchtime the rain turned to snow and it was very exciting. We all get excited when it snows though I’ve no idea why! It didn’t last and the rain set in again. By tea time the 55 gallon water butt was almost full and I didn’t know what to do with myself. It was just too cold to go out! Instead we had a toasted tea, made hot drinks and all piled on the sofa to watch the new Harry Potter film – order of the Phoenix. I’m re-reading the books now.
Some time during the evening S went to have a smoke and the snow was drifting down again. The kids were bouncing about with excitement and although I love the snow normally, I was disappointed at all the jobs I could no longer do. I have plans for a new path with weed suppressing fabric (no idea where it’s from; we’ve had it years), slabs (half price in our local Focus) pavers (free from family) and lots of gravel (possibly Wickes). I want to put another window in my shed, I need to find the leak, I should be planting raspberries, the sweet peas should be potted…
Oh so much to do!
Excuse the bin etc (there was no way I was going out there at this time of night in the cold!) but this is the view from the back door right now…
