Woofing in a Winter Wonderland

 Well here it is the obligatory snow post! How exciting it was when I woke up to a rather a lot of snow, about 8 inches in places I think. Well I was excited until it dawned on me that I had to drive to work in it this morning. So I got up a little earlier than usual and got myself ready for work. Listened to the local radio and was logged on online to check traffic and weather reports. They all said to only venture out if it is an emergency. I work as a playworker in a breakfast club so was waiting to here if the school was closed. But although most of the local schools had decided to close, the school I work at hadn't made a decision arrrrgggg. So I phoned my boss and she decided that it was too dangerous to go to work today, so today is a snow day whooopppeee.

 The dogs have been driving me mad all day. They constantly want to be out in the garden playing in the white stuff. Woody my older springer is far more into the white stuff than Beau pictured above. They have been pushing it along with their noses and hiding the ball in it. I had such fun watching them from the warmth of the lounge :0)

 This is how much snow was nestled on the shed this morning, but we've had more since then.

 It looks so pretty!

Look at this poor little bird nest in the tree, I hope there arent any inhabitants.

My snow day has flown by, and I haven't really done a thing. I've browsed the Internet, looked through some craft books and I've drunk copious amounts of tea, to keep warm. After tea tonight though hubby's taking me for a snowy drive in the landy :o)

Now, as my blog has been a little neglected these past few months I hadn't shown you all my recent-ish Cath Kidston purchases so here they are.

 I'm loving theses tins especially the book sewing tins. I just need the button one now to complete the collection.

I also fell in love with these espresso cups. I love the pastel loveliness. All I need now is an espresso machine to make a decent coffee to drink out of them.

Well I hope you've all had a great snow day, keep warm.

TTFN

The Sky is Falling........

Look at the pretty fluffy stuff falling from the sky!
I had to drive to work this morning, and it was so not funny. The roads were treacherous and on the way back from breakfast club my car did slide a bit, and I was only in 1st gear and being extremely sensible! But luckily I had a call this morning to say the school I work at in the afternoons is now shut and will be tomorrow too. Yippppeeeee.

So I'm sitting with a nice hot cuppa and reading through posts. Blimey you lot have been busy posting. Its taken me 2 hrs to read through it all.

So what to do now. I think a bit of sewing and a nice film on, as I'm still nursing a bad cold.

I think Phoebe has the right idea!

''Mum I'm staying put, ppppuuuuurrrr''.

No Business Like Snow Business.......

Prepare for photo overload. I just couldn't resist taking lots of pics of Woody on our walk this morning, I think he looks so handsome. He adores the snow and reverts back to being a puppy again.

Of course we had to take his ball!

It's a shame I had his lead on in this pic.

A couple of action shots. I love his ears in this one.

A pic of my dafs out the front.

Woody doing his impression of a shovel.

This is our pond. I bet those fish are cold.

I don't think the birds will be having a bath in this today.

But at least they can have something to eat.

Woody's just making sure the fish are OK.

And the last pic is one of our garden. ''Woody your in the photo again, your so vain''.

I walked to work this morning, but I'm further afield this afternoon, so will need to drive. I'm not looking forward to getting out on those roads. There are quite a few around here that haven't been gritted.

Stay safe and warm. ((((((hugs)))))) Pixie. xxxx

Some more snow day pics.....

I couldn't resist putting some more photos of yesterdays snow on here. I was a bit snap happy with the camera yesterday, but decent snow never happens in Hampshire, so I didn't want to miss the opportunity.
This is Woody's coat which was purchased from the Range, its a bit girly, but keeps him warm. We always seem to have a cold snap just after he's been clipped. Trouble is yesterday he decided to jump in the lake in it! So it had to come off, and we took it in turns to carry it.
More Trees....
I quite liked this shot....
Look at that sky!

I did feel sorry for the birds yesterday, on Thursday and Friday it was really warm and they were happily preparing for spring, feathering their nests and getting ready for some chicks and then it goes and gets blooming cold and snows. The poor little things must be so confused, i know i am. The weather seems all over the place as late, its so unpredictable. I hope it gets warmer soon I'm camping in four weeks time.

This morning is very chilly and the car is completely frozen, but I don't intend going anywhere until work tonight sigh. I've got a lot of over ripe bananas in the kitchen, so I may make a couple of banana loaves.

It's a snow day!!!

We couldn't believe it, when we opened the curtains this morning, I know the weather forecast said to expect snow, but they're normally wrong. But not this time, it was amazing. So picturesque.
These first three pictures were taken at the nature reserve this morning, its a beautiful place.
Hubby and I had a bit of a snowball fight, but as usual I never win.
Woody's never really seen snow before and thought it was fab, I was running around the garden this morning in my PJ's and trainers with him. He went and got a ball, and was having great fun rolling it around and burying it in the snow.
He got snow stuck on his ears but he didn't mind, "I'm all white mum"!

I would like to thank Sarah for my award, I was so chuffed, I will try to put this on my blog later.