It's bitterly cold here in Wiltshire at the moment (and the "Global Warming folks are hibernating, it seems!), but how to express that in pictures? A slight sprinkling of snow, ice on the driveway gives something of a clue:
In
words, I can tell you of feeling cold (that's unusual for me!) and of huddling over a heater. I can tell you of turning on our second central heating boiler at home. A long story, that one - we're on 4 levels and hot air rises, so we normally heat the bottom and let the bedrooms be a little cooler, but we do have the ability, used in the most brutal of weather, to add an extra boost of upper heat. And I could tell you of finding that
both cars had flat batteries and wouldn't start for us on Saturday evening - so we walked into town (yeah - mad!) and warmed up with a really hot curry.
But here's a sunset picture from yesterday evening - with the second car also back and running, I paused at Seend by the canal bridge:
So you can see - it really IS bitterly cold in Wiltshire at the moment!
(written 2009-01-07)
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