Hokey Cokey ( or in and out! )

Inside I am day dreaming about creating a room scheme based on the william Morris print "Blackthorn".

We used to have it in our family home when I was child and I am hankering for it!

I am also filling vases and pots with evergreen foliage as outside all is calm, all is WHITE!

This detail is staggering, today I am mostly reading up on William Morris!


Sarah

xXx

More of the White Stuff!

Look at Mr.Boodle!

Like a snow leopard!

Run, Buster......like the wind!

The depiction of dog happiness!

If you have caught any of the news bulletins it wont have escaped you that the country is swathed in a white blanket!

My goodness, the worst winter for 30 years, so they say!

The woods look magical because of it........
and the view through this window looks pretty magical too

Snowdrops, candles, clear glass, lovely!

And the scent of white hyacinths, sublime

I shall be enjoying the weather from the comfort of a favourite armchair

Many of the schools are closed today

Hear those cries of delight from the children

Many snowmen to be built and many sledges to use!

I love this Molly Brett illustration, seems to sum it all up!

Stoke the fire, and keep warm and toasty,

Love Sarah x

(the snowdrop, hyacinth and armchair pics are all from my scrapbook so probably started life in Country Living, Country Homes and Interiors or The English Home.)

Winter wonder "Lane"

In the Lane snow is glistening

In the meadow we can build a snowman

and pretend that he is Gordon Brown!

As the sun rose this was the view from our kitchen.
An enchanted winter world stretched out in front of us.

My Editor in chief ( Him Down the Lane) was less than impressed by my grainy, grey over excited efforts at posting the snow in the wee small hours!



I love the word "laden" and I think that this fir hedge is definately

LADEN

The first snowfall is so romantic.

Many of my favourite books and films are set in snowy, magical worlds.

The wonder of children as the first snowflakes flutter past the window.....

Snow cloaks the familiar and turns them into wonder-lands over night.

The familiar sky lines of villages and towns transformed into fairy tale illustrations

I adore the Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson.

These illustrations are by Christian Birmingham for the Snow Queen published by Walker Books.

I epecially wish I could do this.....

And this wonderful picture is by Edmund du Lac also for the Snown Queen

You can find this here

Oh and then my all time favourite

Varykinov

The hideaway for Lara and Zhivago, wonderful

The interior was so beautiful too...

So magical to think of children waking up this Morning and hoping that the weather has delivered a festive dusting of snow....

Have a wonderful weekend x

Snowy Dawn

Roll up, roll up

Get your snow fix here

For your delectation and delight I bring you "Waking up to snow, Down the Lane"

Light Levels were too low really so forgive the wobby nature of these pics but I just had to get out there! Buster Boodle started barking at the snow at 5.50am!

Look at the ridiculous amount deposited on one of our garden benches!

Our rather sad barren winter garden has taken on a magical Narnian quality

Beloved crab apple tree looks more Christmassy than ever

The vegetable garden, shed and greenhouse look wonderful too

A day for staying by the fire and Making Christmassy things!

x

p.s I will, instead be trudging off to the shop to work! Luckily I can walk into the village from here x

p.p.s I wish you could have seen me in pjamas, winter coat, ugg boots and over excited chocolate lab giggling with delight in the snow at the crack of dawn! tee hee x