Frost

It continues to be frosty and cold. Last night’s temperature dropped to -7, but by  9:30 AM, when we set off for the butcher’s in Horsley, it was -3 C.   Our beautiful garden is bleak with stiff frost.  The fields are white, and  the tops of hedges and branches.  Snow is beautiful and soft.  You… Continue reading Frost

The Season

So we got our lights and heat, but we didn’t need them for the party.  I decked the halls with fir branches, as the wood pigeons ate all the berries on our magnificent holly tree,added  little silver and gold balls and beads, and lots of candles.  The fireplace roared, silver glimmered in the candle light,… Continue reading The Season