And so the time has come. Epiphany has arrived & the decorations come down. Christmas is over for another year. Still the decoration goes on outside as the world is covered in its white mantle of snow. As I prepare the potatoes for dinner I look outside & notice a cobweb just under the eaves, delicately bejewelled with silvery beads. Yet another flurry of snow descends.
We're lucky really. For all that it snowed all yesterday morning & another bit today, it isn't even an inch thick. Yesterday we hastily ventured down to the shops. We were aware we were low on milk & spuds & thought we'd best get out while we could. At least it wasn't freezing then.
Afterwards we went on to the Pub. It was good to see friends again. Many for the first time this year. It was dark by the time we left, 5ish as usual. And as usual we took PD home. He lives midway on a slope. That was the mistake. We got up the hill & stopped to let him out. As he watched at the end of his drive, the Fox tried to go forward, on up the hill. The wheels span & we didn't move. After a few attempts in which we had just slipped further back down the hill, the Fox tried to turn into the road. We gracefully slid across with our back wheels firmly pressed against the kerb. Once horizontal across the road we were able to advance, & after a three point turn went down the hill. Fortunately there is an easy way on to the main gritted road from there. Home we came.
Needless to say the snow froze overnight. This morning there is a bright watery sun. A bit of snow seems to be dissolving despite the odd downward flurry. We're hoping to at least get to the doc's this afternoon & collect our repeat prescriptions. We run out of some pills today. I suspect it will be a very quick pop out while the sun still shines. Definitely the weather to get back before night arrives with its lowering temperatures.
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