I have been making leek and potato soup, we shall have it for lunch with homemade bread. Comforting winter food. In Sydney they are struggling with the heat. Forty degrees and power failures. I think I prefer the cold although I might change my mind when I take Rick out this afternoon.
Yesterday I went to a coffee morning at the village hall. Everyone was very friendly but I’m not sure it is my scene. However, I have been introduced to a member of the local art group so that sounds more promising. I don’t think this village is going to let me be a hermit.
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Is that really your lamppost? The rubbish weather would be well worth it just to have that story book feature in the neighbourhood. Yes, it was hard work today in Sydney but the southerly buster knocked twenty degrees off in a matter of moments this evening. Wild end to the day!
ReplyDeleteI confess, not our lamppost. My camera failed to capture the white frosting on the trees.
DeleteLeek and potato soup sounds yummy! The art group might turn out to fun - I used to go to one in a village hall in Worcs when we lived in the midlands and it was good to be inspired by other people and experiment with different media. We also used to have trips out to paint and draw, combining it with a picnic and we went to exhibitions and galleries also having lunch out so the social side of it was lovely too. Can't find anything similar where we live now
ReplyDeleteI am going to have to dig out my paints and hope that they haven't dried up.
DeleteOur garden looked very similar this morning. It was minus four degrees and the frost looked like snow. Very pretty but treacherous on the path.
ReplyDeleteI just love the frozen cobwebs.
DeleteI can not even imagine such a landscape. I've never seen heavy snow.
ReplyDeleteIt is very pretty to look at but not so nice being outside.
DeleteHere on the eastern side of the Wolds, it was foggy and Narnia-like this morning and has remained the same all day - beautiful, but bally freezing. Definitely a soup and bread kind of day.
ReplyDeleteRick had a very brisk, short walk this afternoon.
DeleteIt is good it is that kind of village because sooner or later you will find one or two kindred spirits you might otherwise never meet.
ReplyDeleteMy neighbours have been incredibly kind.
DeleteIt was sunny and foggy (and frosty everywhere) all in one go. It varied from mile to mile on my drive to the station: lights on/lights off/lights on. Either brilliant sunshine to dazzle or dense fog. I don't know anything about Narnia.
ReplyDeleteThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. Not even a glimmer of sunshine here today. There was a pheasant shoot nearby but I don't know how they could see anything in the fog.
DeleteYes, I understood that but I don't know what Narnia as a heading has to do with frost. The birds fly low in fog. It is the last day tomorrow, 1st Feb. Lots of shoots this week.
DeleteThat first photo of the lamppost is so beautiful - almost like an engraving with all the texture. I don't think I've ever seen frozen fog. What is it like?
ReplyDeleteThe fog is very dense and it leaves a white sparkling frost, or rime, over everything, including trees and lampposts.
DeleteFrozen cobwebs unite! Potato and leek soup is one of my favourites! Definitely a comfort food. -Jenn
ReplyDeleteMother Nature is a superb artist.
DeleteRained all day yesterday (I went to a funeral), and looks like it will rain again all day today.
ReplyDeleteYesterday reminded me of winters in France when it was foggy and frozen and eerily quiet for days on end. I do miss the log burner though.
DeleteIf I squint at it I am sure that I can make out Mr Tumnus to the left of the lampost.
ReplyDeleteI loved the BBC's dramatisation of the story.
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