IT DOES SNOW HERE

Occasionally.

A happy Christmas time and a good 2018 to everyone.

Images from 2008 show an unmade, underdeveloped garden waiting for its gardeners.

More snow in 2009 the night shot taken from the kitchen door.
The garden view does not seem to show a lot of change.

Moving on to 2010, a prolonged freeze and a bigger snow fall. It must be said we do have some semi tender plants in the garden and most of them survive. Of course the tender annuals and such, like nasturtiums, quickly go gooey.

Not all days were crisp and sunny, often it was overcast, even foggy.
Walking around the garden the footprints of birds and animals become evident. Under the snow there are tunnels made by the voles and mice.
 

In 2011 we only had one snowfall I can remember.

And so to 2012 and gloomy days. We are often at the dividing line between snow and no snow, up on our hill. Go down the road and it all disappears.

When snow falls later in winter clumps of snowdrops can be found sheltering in hidden corners.

2013 and one of the bonuses of living high on this hill overlooking Morecambe Bay is the view to the south - even in winter.

On the other hand watching flakes fall in the wood, driven onto tree trunks, can also be magical.

I do not seem to have any snow pictures from 2014 which makes me thing there was none of any consequence, and 2015 reveals only one of some light dusting in the garden. Perhaps Global Warming is having an effect?

2016 - 

We had one good fall and I remember walking into town (about a mile) with the camera desperate to try and find a Christmas Card shot.
The white stuff was gone in 48 hours, back to rain and grey skies.

So to 2017 and at the end of first week in December we had the first flurries, not a lot, just an early warning perhaps of things to come (or not).