Serious Snow!

At first light everything was looking very white, very quiet and untouched - it had snowed steadily through the night and snow was still falling.

The birds were initially slow to turn up but were soon here as the snow eased.

Our big new suet roll attracted the attention of our biggest bird visitor..

He soon worked out how to balance..

As you can tell I have been gainfully employed watching the birds whilst at least one of our neighbours has been expending a little more energy..

This afternoon two young boys who live along the road turned up and offered to clear the drive.  Initially I (and they) thought it was going to be too much for them ..

But with only a little bit of help from me they did a good job..

David is at last on the last leg of his journey home - he flew from Houston to Miami and is now on his way back to Dulles where there is one runway open - most of the flights in and out have been cancelled.