Bitter winds blow

Today we awoke to a blanket of snow

and not to a particularly warm blanket

accompanied with a bitter wind.

Drifts up to our knees in parts of the garden.

Somehow

having a coat of powdery white

makes the mundane

see extraordinarily beautiful

Seed heads 

become otherworldly.

Other garden paraphenalia

become coated

appear hawkish

feel raw

overcome.

I knew this second icy blast was on her way

but still...

she is bitter,

sending a chilling howl around the house

and down the chimney.

In defiance - we went out

and despite floundering in the hip-height drifts

and feeling the icy-bite to our cheeks,

we have returned

feeling rejuvenated,

buoyant

and ready for a mug of tea and Shetland oat biscuits.

Welcome to my new followers - thank you for visiting my part of the blogisphere, it good to see you here. 

I have had a couple of emails asking me if I am ok as I don't seem to blog as regularly or as much as before, thank you for your kind concerns, I do feel to be busy at the moment but must let you know that I am also active elsewhere on the tintersphere.

I can be found here kjsutcliffe artist (which is my FB art page) and TAM - trawden artist makers, a community art page I do. 

My own page is for my art and studio plus updates and photos from the markets and fayres I attend and the TAM page is about a collaborative of artists and what we get up to - I would love to see you over there :)  I also have an art blog,  but like this one it has been a little neglected, something I will rectify once I have caught up with all the arty things I have to complete before the next art market I am participating in.