A little bit of everything today. The snow has been falling, albeit sporadically, for the best part of the day, it looks like a snow-globe rather than a blizzard. I was out this morning for my usual walk and I have to say it was a bit of a slog. The ‘WinterTrax’ on my boots help a great deal, but still!
It was lovely seeing the snow clinging to the various roadside flora. Fauna was represented by bunny, squirrel, fox and racoon tracks on the surface of the fresh fall. The bulrushes are one of my year-round favourites.
The beautiful red of the sumac is always a welcome sight with the contrast of the snow. These ones are still looking particularly good compared to many others I’ve noticed over the past few weeks.
After arriving back at the house, I usually have a quick check in the back garden just to make sure everything is as it should be…and as expected, it was. I can’t wait to sit in these chairs again. They are placed around the fire-pit and we had great plans of sitting out around a roaring fire, toasting marshmallows and all that other fun stuff on a snowy winter evening. The idea is as far as we’ve got so far.
I popped along the lake to take the wee laddies to the park for an hour or so this afternoon. It was not really windy, so it wasn’t too bad. I was surprised to see the kite surfers out on the ice and others getting ready to head out. I suppose when they’re out in the open space there’s more wind current. It looks like such fun!
We caught a glimpse of another ‘mighty eagle’ soaring along the shoreline, probably looking for rabbits or ducks and then watched it head out to the open water…perhaps having better luck with a fish.
So now after a day outside in the fresh air it’s time to coorie in by the fire and enjoy a well earned cup of tea before I get started with dinner.