Frozen milk

We woke to the telephone. Being the first day of half term no-one had to be anywhere at any particular time and Cyclo decided that a bike ride was out of the question, so we hadn’t set the alarm. It seems the plumber had been up for hours and it was before 9am. I suppose it wasn’t surprising since the temperature was pretty low last night, down to -14c in some places. Anyhoo, the plumber was ringing as I had left a message last night – for a leak unrelated to the cold. The shower pump – again.

I got up and bought in the milk which had frozen and spilled out into small globules on the doorstep, then took a tray of tea back up to bed, where it was warmer.

Pippi-long-Stocking, the cat, enjoyed eating the milk globules

Later I cleared out the bread bin and threw the crusts out into the snow for the rooks – and it didn’t take long for the usual crowd to descend. Normally they take the bread and cache it. I don’t think caching was an option today.

Here’s one of them, so starkly black against the snow

It was so beautiful as the light strengthened. I went out for a walk, leaving the plumber and his faulty flange or what ever it was in the capable hands of Cycloman and took my camera to meet a friend.

Ice capped lichen

Frosted ivy

Gravestone lichen

Later, after the walk and lunch I sat and sorted photos.

I have rarely printed any pictures, but a few things have spurred me on to do so. Firstly Milly has asked for some pictures of Pippi-long-Stocking and secondly I have been planning since before Christmas to make my own birthday cards, using my photos. Over at the ‘kitchesgarden’ Ceci is busy making her photos into postcards…. and here am I months after the idea came to me and still I hadn’t done anything!

I copied photos to a memory stick and went into town. 45 pictures will be ready on Monday.

Is that my tail?

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