The Thaw

After the Big Freeze all is now thawed out, with temperatures going as low as   -14 it is hard to believe the within a week temperatures could be back up to +8 and rising. Even thought the cold arctic weather did a lot of damage to  property and made driving and day-to-day living tough, it has  left with me images of  a white sparkling countryside  covered in a blanket of frost.

Mother nature has not been put on hold for long, today as we walked down the avenue I noticed the snow drops are now up and some are showing their bright white heads. I will be watching all my plants and shrubs from now on to see what damage the cold weather did to them. I hope I have not lost any plants to this very cold winter.

January 2010 Images of Templeport Lake

After 2 weeks of the temperature going between -5 and -9 Templeport Lake has frozen over. The only thing moving are a flock of swans who seem to be keeping  one part of the lake ice free by swimming around and around in a circle.

Leitrim Snowman

This photo was sent on to me by a friend whose husband made this snowman in their front garden in Mohill, County Leitrim. We all thought it was the best