Our New Life in the Country: First Proper Snow

Friday, 18 December 2009

First Proper Snow

We woke up today to a blanket of snow gently covering the farm. For Rosie it is her first snow and she is a delighted little doggie. Running in circles and tasting everything. She attempted to walk over the puddle and discovered you can still get wet feet once you're through the surface so she swiftly hopped back onto the wonderful white stuff.

Sophie, who's seen it all before, just ran over to the chicken house and sat herself down waiting for the release of her favourite friends. The chickens, once the pop-hole was opened refused point blank to come down their ramp. To see eleven little heads poking out of the door was a sight to behold.

In a minute I am going out to do my little bit to drag this country kicking and screaming out of the recession and spend, spend, spend. It is my duty as a UK citizen to help the retailers of this land get rich and stay in business.

Have a good day folks.

Sue xx

8 comments:

Suzy's Vintage Attic18 December 2009 at 09:20
Hello Sue

It looks beautiful! No snow for us today, however it looks like we will have some on Sunday morning. I can't wait!

Warm wishes
Isabelle x
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MelMel18 December 2009 at 09:48
A small flurry here, but not as much as that, maybe it will be a traditional white Christmas after all!x
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A Bun Can Dance18 December 2009 at 10:24
Ooh how exciting! I love the image of your chickens peeking out to survey their territory - rather like my two cats who are determined to stay warm and cosy indoors. Only a few snow flakes falling here - nothing as exciting as yours.
Happy shopping!
Denise x
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P.18 December 2009 at 10:41
Beautiful header. The picture is so beautiful with these tones of blue.
Alfazema
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BadPenny18 December 2009 at 16:30
ooh that could make a card that picture - only one small flurry of snow here. Dillon runs out to see his little feathery friends every morning too !
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Anonymous18 December 2009 at 18:41
Brrr! Snow here too. Which is fine until you have to do something. Oh well, maybe it didn't really need doing anyway...
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Helen18 December 2009 at 18:54
Dear Sue,
Your snowy photo is a masterpiece!!!! Happy Holidays to you, hubby and all the little ones!
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HannahG19 December 2009 at 10:35
Having just got back back from (snowless) uni, I'm off out to take my snow photos around my parents house.
And I love your take on Christmas shopping, I feel decidedly less guilty now!
xxx
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

We grow our own fruit and vegetables, selling surplus plants and edibles at the gate. We sell the eggs the chickens lay, we reuse, recycle and rethink ... and life ticks over at a pace that suits us.

It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

Pull up a chair, grab a coffee and relax into a world of dogs, cats, chickens, polytunnels and veggies with the occasional grass munching sheep thrown in for good measure.

Sue xx

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