SNOW FUN

Overnight, we had several inches of snow, which covered up yesterdays various animal and human tracks, so a whole new sketch pad was created for the birds, dogs and humans to have fun on (and in). I had to remove about three inches of snow off the bird tables and restock them, within minutes there were all sorts of species hungrily feeding and ... making the most of the fresh water I had put out for them. The dogs too had fun exploring the fresh white sketch pad of the large gardens here ... not that the pristine white pages lasted for long as they romped around all over the place. It was a lovely sight to see and during the course of the day I took loads of photo's as we also had wonderfully atmospheric skies ...

such a change from the snow laden grey dullness of the last few days. The world seemed bright and light and full of fun, pure escapism from the sobering news reports on radio and T.V.  It was a small micro world of childlike delights and not just from a human point of view because the dogs were having a great time in the deep snow too.

Meanwhile a rather disgruntled looking cat, safely behind protective glass looked on ... 

One very smooth haired dachshund (due to her very sensitive tummy) doesn't like the cold of snow on her underside, she's much happier in warmer weather like it was last spring.

So ... she quickly scuttled back into the warmth of indoors whilst the other two played.
And oh my goodness did the little long haired, golden girl, like playing in the cold snow.

She came in with balls of snow all over her chest and tummy but smiling broadly.

Meanwhile my longer legged collie stayed out as long as he could playing with his log.

Late in the afternoon I drove down to the River Cam to see the sun setting.

It was a fun (though rather cold) day.