U K under snow.

Taking a rest on the Great Wall of China

Wild Goose Pagoda Buddist Temple Bejing November 2008

Took my laptop and projector to a Ladies Group Tuesday evening to do a short talk and show photographs of my visit to China last November. I always enjoy these talks, they are very informal and there is often quite a bit of interaction which I like to encourage. Thursday I had a walk around a Garden Centre looking for some colour, its very early for most bedding plants, but I did get a few pretty Petunias for my pots. The country is in grid lock at the moment with deep snow mainly in the south . 6,000 schools closed ,here up North its been very different, a smattering of snow on a couple of days that soon disappears ,but boy is it cold.
Sunday - Its snowing today and it looks as if it might stick as it was freezing this morning minus 1 degree. I have been in Standish all day at the ASC Area Conference we heard some very good Speakers, it was excellent. I managed to get home before the snow caused problems on the roads. Oh yes, we finally got the steel shutter out of the fireplace and removed the dead bird along with two buckets of sooty dirt. What a performance, Andrew did well but then the work was getting the shutter back up the chimney. We managed to wedge it until we can find out how to secure it better I hope it doesn’t fall down in the middle of the night it would wake the street.