Tuesday, 12 January 2010

The wrong sort of snow.



This is the snowman that they made today. Will has been watching the snowman cartoon alot recently and has been desperate to make one. The weather has been either too cold for Will, as he has been poorly or as in true Winnie the Pooh style, the boys have been telling me it is the wrong sort of snow!!! Too powdery apparently. But today as it has started to thaw, it seemed 'just right!!'.
Willie is sporting his new balaclava that I knitted and, as the second attempt at it (see previous post for the first attempt!!), I am pretty pleased! He likes it too which is a bonus!!!
So is it really thawing? I hope not. Is that really it? I hope not. I love the cold and frosty/snowy weather. It is all so bright and exhilerating. Jonathan and I have been looking after the horses and sheep this weekend as the owner is away, and so we have been walking there and back twice a day to feed and water the animals. It is a 3mile round trip along the road, but we have been going the long way round (4 miles)up the bridleway to give the dog a run and to let them all play in the snow drifts up the top. Some of them are so deep they come up to about Jonathan's waist!!! It is has been quite an adventure as we have been walking back in the dusk, and will miss the routine when he returns tomorrow.
And Louis has been allowed the free run of the house for the last few days. We started gradually, with him being out in the evenings, and he was settling really well once the boys were out of the way, and now he is a fully fledged, free roaming dog!!! He is currently sleeping on the sofa next to me as I type. Just like a baby.

He has a a few run ins with the cat, but as he is a bit of a wimp he doesn't challenge Blackie...just looks at him intently from a safe distance!!! Merlin and Louis already have an understanding. They are sort of friends but Louis can't resist chasing him out of the living room. Merlin frollicks off kicking up his back feet playfully. This morning we found the pair of them in Merlins cage...very cosy!!!!
So can the three animals live together in the house without killing each other? Well, Merlin has superiority over Blackie, Blackie has the upper hand with Louis and Louis just wants to be friends with them both!!!!
It will be interesting, no doubt!!!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi!
im not a great lover of the dark wintery nights BUT like you i love the snow it makes every thing look so bright and clean and fresh
love the snowman boys will looks so cool in his bavaclava.
lol
Granny cornwall

funkyhan said...

Yay for Louis being free :) I like cuddling up with doggies :D

Nick said the same thing about the snow (being too powdery)

Will and Tom look great in their balaclavas... good job dude!!

Miss you, Glad you're having a lovely time. Someone told me off the other day and said "that child should be in a pram!" GRRRRR.

Carolyn said...

That's David!!!! LOL