Cold and snow

It's been seriously cold and pretty windy all week. We've taken to closing the shutters at night to help hold in the warmth. And all week we've been watching the forecast for snow on Sunday. Saturday we did a bit of extra grocery shopping so we'd have milk and bread and some more fresh veggies in the house in the event we get snowed in for a bit. We awoke Sunday to find snow blowing sideways. It's maybe 20cm deep but some of the drifts are much deeper.

Pogo really seems to enjoy the snow, bounding along chest-deep. We think his funny hair must keep him warm and dry. He especially loves looking in snowy holes for whatever it is that's in there. That's what he was doing here.

As she does frequently, Sophie went walking along with us today. She's not as enthusiastic about the snow as Pogo, but she also enjoys hunting in the snow.

Here's a view from the farm road we were walking, looking back toward our house. It's still snowing, but just a bit.

Monday brought some sunshine, with temperatures close to 0C, if not above. We came home from our morning walk to hear drip, drip, drip upstairs. Water was falling from the skylight frame. It looks like it's finding a way under the tiles, coming down a beam, then going along the skylight supports. Roof man will come later in the week, when he can get out. Sigh.

Map people might notice that we added a link to an 1842 map that includes our hameau. See the Links section on the right.