... and then the snow came...

There has been chaos here in England over the weekend.

So many people have been stuck because of the snow. Here in our corner of England it started snowing late Saturday afternoon - just as we were waiting for The Professor to make his way back from Edinburgh for Christmas. He was only delayed a little over an hour - nothing really! Given this weather, we are fortunately not going anywhere for the holidays and can therefore enjoy and marvel over the beauty of the white landscape. My heart and thoughts go out to those stuck in airports waiting to go and see their families!

I took this picture of the light in our garden late in the night after it had stopped snowing.

The snow is piling up on the spiderwebs - strong stuff!

Last night The Ladies Who Dine went to the Carols by Candlelight service in Great St. Mary's Church. This is our annual event and it really puts us in the Christmas spirit walking in the snow past the beautiful college buildings on our way to singing the old hymns while the church is only lit with candles.

Earlier in the day I had been cleaning the house and getting it ready for the decorations which will be going up in a few days.

I also made some more Christmas treats - it seems we are all hatching down, getting ready for hibernation and preparing for more bad weather.

Not even The Cat wants to go out ...

;-)