Fairyland

Although it was snowing last night it was still a wonderful moment when I looked outside this morning and saw the fairyland of white, powdery snow that had completely transformed the landscape. Everything was hushed and peaceful and perfect. I love the way that this depth of snow makes even the most urban views look magical. This picture came out better than I'd hoped, even capturing the falling snowflakes - heavenly! The BBC were talking abot 3" of snow where we are, but it was more like 9", as you can see from the picture of our car as we began to free it from the igloo that was surrounding it! It was David's birthday today and we ventured out for a bit of sightseeing. The main roads were largely fine as they had been salted and gritted. There were lots of children and adults alike having fun with sledges - either cascading down hills or using them to pull toddlers or shopping along the pavements! Brilliant!
We finally called into a garden centre which has all the usual things plus a miniature railway and lots of vintage signs as you can see. I think we were the only people there this afternoon, which just added to the atmosphere of a silent fairyland.

Here are the birdhouses, feeders and benches which look more like a tiny village in the snow!

Here's the little snowman that had been built by the staff (we guess) who had a really cute expression on his face!
This picture could well inspire me to create something distressy and arty! Very Tim Holtz don't you think?!

Well, hope you enjoyed my snow scenes and hope that everyone is safe and warm tonight. Don't forget to feed the birds some extra scraps tomorrow...we've stocked up on all the seeds, nuts and fatballs today - honestly...they eat better than we do! Lindsay