Frosty Day-Dec 6th--some snaps

I hate spiders but you just have to admire thier work!

one of the biggest birch trees Ive ever seen-at my friend Jeannies--beautiful

wow---beautiful

the goldfinches have been here constantly--we have up to 12 at a time feeding

we went up over Whitcliffe and it was a winter wonderland up there

just a simple cow parsley-but with the frost on it a thing of pure beauty

horseshoe weir

poor ducks thought we were going to feed them..

what wonderful colors

casemill weir

onto the Millenium Green and Dinham Bridge

Im bloody cold!

Im really pleased with this pic of Dinham Bridge

We called by the market to see what folk had braved the cold--had a chat to Angus and Mick-who were froze solid bless em--but the Christmas tree looked beautiful covered in the frost!

Spotted this beautiful bush covered in berries when we headed home across the bypass--my patient hubby turned the car round and went back so I could get a photo of them!

The starlings have been here in force-they love the bird cake I make out of scraps and fat-

beautiful birds--

he is stuffed full of bird cake!

Its forecast -10 here tonight-still freezing fog so more beautiful scenery to photograph tomorrow--but will have to see if we will be on the market on Wednesday--if its still foggy we wont be there as the damp will get in the paintings--so watch this space.........

NEW VENUE FOR THIS SATURDAY

We will be holding this weeks class at St Peters Church, Henley Road, Ludlow, SY8 1QZ

BBBBRRRRRRRRRRRR

Well the cold weather is still very much with us-but isn't it beautiful!
We are pleased to see all the birds coming to feed in the garden-including some we dont see very often-Redwings. I had to check with Google to see what they were when we first spotted them im among the starlings and blackbirds through the kitchen window.
The photos of them aren't great but hopefully my new camera will get some clearer shots tomorrow!

The photo of the snowy sunset at the top here has been taken with the new one-and it is much clearer and crisper.
Im going to have lots of fun with the new camera-its got lots of new settings on to experiment with!

It makes me glad we have the slow cooker this cold weather--Bill makes the most delicious beef stew that we have with home baked crusty bread-he makes enough for two days and its even tastier on the second day!
Hope it clears up before next weekend-I have students travelling from all over the country for the first class of the year-Stormy Skies....we have seen a few of those over the past week or so havent we?