There's been no more snow in the night. With much digging, and pushing, and bickering, my parents and I managed to get both cars out, and they've gone off to try to get the tyres changed. I know one's not supposed to say I told you so, but I did suggest this three weeks ago, and they pooh-poohed me. Every now and then I can just see the hills from my window, but mostly it's the same as yesterday, with the ground brighter than the sky. If all goes well with the tyres we might attempt a Christmas shopping trip to Tesco. That's excitement for you.
It may be getting on my nerves, but this weather does have some odd beauty to it. The hedges and trees have big globs of snow in them as if shot from a foam cannon. You can look straight at the sun, which looks like the moon but slightly lemonier. And today we have icicles. The wisteria on the side of our house by the front door has become completely covered in them overnight. I took this video while they were melting a bit in the sun. That's stopped now, though.
Wisteria with icicles
The ice has completely covered some of these red stems
Look how thick the ice is round the twig on the left
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