A winter surprise
Well that was an unexpected surprise. A bit like the US presidential election result.
And neither surprise was in a good way. I had big plans for gardening before the whole place was covered in snow. And big plans for the planet without a climate change denier in charge.
But this is not the place to rant or rent my clothing. Every other form of social media is doing just that right now. So I think I’ll stick to this small part of the sane world.
Except it was under snow. So much for my great plants for cutting back the lavender, and planting the bulbs.
Instead I stomped about the garden snapping the rather fetching shots of the first snow fall of winter.
And it’s not a serious snowfall. The temperature was warm enough for the stuff to be melting by mid afternoon.
But my day was rather curtailed.
Here’s the lavender I was meant to be cutting back.
Yep.
Plan B. Stay inside. Turn off the television that was showing endless bad news. Stoke the fire and keep the cat happy. He had a lovely day.
11th November 2016 @ 8:55 am
Goodness! We haven’t even had the first frost yet. Simply soggy here, interspersed with the sort of wind that blows dogs off chains, or the horns off cattle, depending where you come from. Too wet & windy to go outside and rake leaves yet but there will be no escaping it next week.
A big hug to Artur from Lily.
11th November 2016 @ 9:10 am
Morning Lisa, it only lasted a day and then melted; but my mood was suitably bleak, I decided to post it. If it is blowing like mad around your place you won’t need to rake, just let nature take its course! Artur requests Lily sends some of her wildlife haul – he is not up to hunting. Just snoozing in front of the blazing fire.
11th November 2016 @ 4:17 pm
I would hate to waste all those good leaves – even if oak leaves are a bit slow to break down. Lily has been keeping her powder, and her paws, dry in front of the pellet heater for most of the day so sorry Artur, no rodents to spare! Anyway not sure La Poste accepts packages containing vermin …
PS if you watch local TV there’s a doco on plant hunter & tea smuggler Robert Fortune (mostly the tea end) on Arte tomorrow night.