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Had a tiny bit of Snow..

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And this morning the garden looked an absolute picture. This was looking up at the top of our garden from near the kitchen just after sunrise this morning:
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The bank is about 30ft high and on a 1 in 3 slope (18 degrees, 33% for those as prefer different units).

Does anyone else have some photos?

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Nothing to match yours, Richard - what a beauty!

Mine would show a small rather badly kept lawn mercifully covered with a thin blanket of snow which is dented with mad-dash cat paw prints...
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Yesterdays BBC news item including a few pics around Wales

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43203777" target="_blank


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More that just a few flakes there Richard!! :lol:

Beautiful but cold eh? Bet those cats are enjoying it!! :roll:

We were in the UK again this w/end....looks like we escaped just in time! :wink:
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Wendy,

The different reactions of the cats has been interesting.
Our 7/8 Maine Coon ‘Rooster’ was offended that someone had modified his garden without his permission, and shot out looking for the perpetrator of the offense. After not finding any culprit, Rooster just bounded about, taking great leaps and going 'flump' in the snow, sometimes on his paws, on his tummy or side, enjoying himself immensely. He came in after a couple of hours with his whole undercarriage thick with clumped ice.
Our 100% Main Coon ‘Ozzie’ bounded out, tail high in the air, playing in the snow, exploring all the new and different spaces created.
Our very prim & proper Norwegian Forest Cat ‘Fluffy’ minced out, went to the loo & minced back in utter disgust, swearing loudly and shaking his paws at every step.
Our Heinz 57 domestic moggie ‘Squeaky’ was happy to sit on the window cill and stay in the warm, looking superior at the other cats getting cold.

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@rotfl:
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Just wonderful, Richard! I can just see the expression on 'Fluffy's face ...and I bet he let you know just how disgruntled he felt.
As for 'Rooster' make sure you get his permission for changing his space in plenty of time...and display the notice for him to see. :D
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Lovely pictures. Have to admit that after a snowfall, everything looks so clean and pretty. I can picture your cats and it made me smile. Laverne is an indoor cat, but does have a "catio" my DH built for the felines when we first moved into the house. (Did I ever get a screened in porch?). After a colder than usual winter, Laverne has been able to take her morning and afternoon naps in the cation in the sun. This morning has turned colder but she demanded her window be open. One nose stuck outside and the dirty look I got because I obviously hadn't turned the heat on, was really ugly. I think I will be paying for that later.

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Wow that is a lot of snow Richard! We have had snow here in Hertfordshire but not as much as you. I think the worst is still to come though.... :snowman:
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What a beautiful photo!!! Love reading your description of your furbabies reactions to it!! Very entertaining!!!
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Had several inches overnight & more during the day which came in flurries. Jet went out for a comfort break, chased a few birds & also some flakes but when it came down heavier he tore down the garden & back indoors for food refuelling & a good long sleep. Flurry lasted a short time but by then he was fast asleep snoring!

Electric, Internet & TV intermittent. Good books read by torches & battery lamps keep us occupied. We are lucky, as I stocked up with foood in case it was as bad as forecasted.

Take care & keep warm & safe. Hope all welllll
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There is definitely more to come here, but not until Friday afternoon. I do hope the rest of the country can cope. My thoughts go out particularly to Scotland and the South West. There are warnings of 15" average in the Scottish central belt. That will inevitably drift.

At the top of the garden the snow had drifted to about 18" deep, but nearer the house it was a mere 9".
This morning people at work recorded -10C while in their cars. I walked in to work - much harder today after the snow ploughs had dumped a roads worth of snow on the footpath.

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Oh, yes. My, my but we are having snow. Red Warning! :shock: It snowed all afternoon and now it's snowing again. I suspect we (currently) have about 8" in the garden, more drifted up against the back door (faces straight east :roll: ) and it looks beautiful. No problems with services (electricity, that is), and in any case we are pretty much prepared for anything in this part of the world. Snug as proverbials. This is what it looked like outside at about 5pm. There's a lot more now.

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I am feasting my eyes on all that lovely lovely cold looking snow while I try to cool down from the current 28.4c Thank you Richard and Serinde, I will carry those pictures with me during another hot day in the sub tropics.

:whoop: Loved the descriptions of the various cats to the snow all over their yards and can just imagine those that had a play in it. I am sure HM Tuppence would disdain to even go out into it, I mean a little bit of rain and he rushes inside to get dried off.

Carole I am sure Miss Lavern will tell what is what later on for not turning on the heat outside for her.

Keep the photos coming friends, you are helping at least one person keep cooler.

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Beautiful photo's Richard and Serinde, we are due snow here in the south west today and tomorrow so I very much doubt I will be working on Friday as I work in a school and we are already on half day today so I'm hoping to be busy building snowmen this weekend. :snowman:
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And this morning. I reckon we have at least a foot, judging by the back holly hedge.
It's still snowing...

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That's ... wow.
You've had a lot of drifting and a lot of snow too.

Stay in & stay safe.

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Oh my Goodness :shock:

That is definitely not weather to go out in I hope it doesn't stay like that for too long Serinde, keep safe.
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:cold: Thanks for the piccies Serinde...I saw that there was a RED warning for your area. Wow! Enough to make more than one :snowman: then!! :shock: :shock:

We had some flakes yesterday and a biting wind from the North, then it whipped round to a southerly, rained hard all night and is a heady 9C this morning. :shock:

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Serinde, your snow looks positively sculptural!
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Yes, it is beautiful in that way. Just goes to show how hard the wind is blowing. And the snow is too dry for snowballs or snowmen or even sledging, WW. :(

But few cars. Hurrah!

Dr Zhivago'ed up to the local shop, and in some places the snow was up to my knees. I think there are now about 15" in the garden. Checked on one elderly neighbour, who's fine and well provisioned. Oh, and it's still snowing.

Some more sculptural effects on the garden benches. Younger Son's picea is entirely covered with snow (first time since, oh, 1995?). I was thinking about cutting the raspberries down this weekend. :lol: See the cold frame in the top left corner? That's how much snow there is... :P

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