In the bleak midwinter........

...... only the dog walkers go out.

A little glitter for the season. Happy Christmas to you all.

They tell me that running water does not freeze.

Well they may be right but I am beginning to have my doubts. We only have about two inches of snow but the temperature is a little low for the time of year and has not risen even in the sun.

I have been swinging on the beams.....

...to put the lights up. (Well not really, I used the step ladder.)

I like the added lights in the windows; double glazing has more then one virtue.

I have started to make a new piece and it is, in modern parlance, doing my head in.

There`s nothing like a challenge to take my mind off the weather.
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A little snow.

The coastal effect has limited the snow fall on Mundesley but we have had some. The wind chill however has been a bit much so I don't go out if I can help it.

Is it cold out there?

Yes it is but no real frost and no snow yet. The wind is from the north-west which is helping and not due north which would be even colder.

I know I am a wimp when it is cold but if we are going to have a hard winter I will try to get used to it and get down to the beach more often.

Sun on the waves.

Two lovely sunny days but with a mean temperature of three degrees C. Great to look at but all I want to do is sit by the fire and keep warm.

An abstract picture created by accident as the paint peeled off the animal feeding trough. I keep finding these pictures on driftwood and other odds and ends and I think I feel an exhibition coming on for the shop.

I have got a bit behind myself.

The yard is out of control after the busy summer, but it has been productive. Beans, broad and french, with carrots and tomatoes and a few potatoes and herbs to add to the mix.

With a lot of help from two friends it has been returned to some semblance of order and is now ready for some horse muck to enrich the compost for next year. Very much a case of many hands get the job done.