January 2010

Oh! .....SO.. gorgeous... I love the fox!...Thank you for this blog!

What a wonderful winter land blog love the scenes and lovely shots of the birds too and a lovely fox and rose towards the end.

Great pics, thanks for sharing ..:0)

Great photos the fox is my favourite.

Loved your Blog & Pics GF :)

lovely pictures, thanks :)))))

Great blog...thanks, GF, for sharing...

Love it, brilliant photos GF

They certainly are! No end in sight yet, then?

What wonderful photos gf, they are as good as any professional ones I've seen. That lovely fox looks in remarkably good condition. Thank you for letting us see them.

They are all lovely photos GF :-))

Proof as if it were needed that snow can paint a beautiful picture.

Absolutely wonderful,thanks Gf......

Beautiful scenary Gf. I think you can either hate the snow and wish it gone, or you can just enjoy its beauty while it lasts. Best to choose the latter me thinks :-) How deep did you get it? And where are the photos from the summit of Snowdon please?

Super photos particularly of the buzzard.

Great pics thanks for sharing them

lovely white stuff pics GF, loved the fox and bird pics to, i know im fed up with it all now but have to say snow paints a real pretty picture :o)

Some great photos there GF, lovely scenery.

brilliant photos.

Beautiful Gf.......looks fabulous there in North Wales, could be Narnia!...Lol Pic 11 my fave with the iced pools and snowy conifers and is that your Karate Kid viewpoint?.....:o)

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Thank you everyone for your comments. Sorry I didn't put any captions on the photos. I have started to put on a few now.

Spritz - Still have snow on the ground, only a bit of light snow has fallen this week with more forecaste for tomorrow.

Sid - I have been lucky with the snow, I only had about 5 to 6 inches in my garden. I had not thought of going up Snowdon in the snow. It was on the news that somebody was camping 2000 feet up for a week in this weather and had to be rescued by helicopter.

Janey - I have put captions on the building photos now for your information. The view from the Miyagi house is not shown in these photos except of the new pond in photos 16/17.

Beautiful photos, loved them all. Thanks.

Wonderful photographs, especially the fox and the buzzard,

Sid - In response to your comment please see new photo 31 added today.

I enjoyed seeing your photos, they made me want to move in next door, or maybe you could rent me your summer house!!!

Dottydaisy2 - Thanks for your comment.If you liked the buzzard photos you might like to see my two photos of a buzzard in flight. I was particularly pleased to capture a photo of the outstretched wings from above. Those photos are in my blog called Winter photos taken Christmas eve.

Valadel & Reem777 - Thank you for your kind comments, I am pleased you enjoyed the photos.

Wonderful photos...a true winter wonderland.Love the fox,especially on the higher ground.Recognise photo 5 from your Christmas Eve blog....

Thank you for the pictures Gf, but if you don't mind I would rather not visit your garden at the moment, we have just too much of that white stuff at home. No offence meant :0).

Gf! You went up Snowdon? In the snow? I hope you wrapped up warm! lol Is the photo of a cairn on the summit? I see there is a benchmark on it. It is a little hobby of mine benchmark-spotting, so thanks for that!!

Bonkers - The closest I have gotten to the fox was about 10 yards in the autumn but I didn't get a photo. These shots were taken from quite a distance. Both photos were taken from in my garden, the fox was in the next door farmer's field you can see in photo 21.

Bulbaholic - No snow left in my garden now. How are you getting on up north?

Sid - I have been up Snowdon several times but I have not ascended it in the snow. This is the obelisk marking the summit.

Hi Gf, the snow in our own garden is going nicely but in the neigbours more shaded garden, where we grow the veg, there is still a couple of inches cover.

Hi, GF. Nice blog. Sorry I missed it when you posted it. What a difference a year makes. Last year we had record snowfall - the most snow fall in local history and this year we have had the least snowfall in local history. Your garden looks beautiful, winter and summer.

Hi Weeds, Thanks for your comment, glad you liked the blog, nice to have you back. It was certainly a change having your snow this year but I had nothing like as much as you had last year. I am having frosty nights and ice on my ponds but sunshine and blue skies during the day with no snow for well over a week now and so am getting stuck in to gardening.

Is the pretty golden dog yours? Or is that your granddog?
I'm itching to get outside again, still too muddy up behind the house to do very much but bulbs are pushing up leaves and my columbine and peonies are making themselves known. Makes me feel like smiling.

Weeds yes you are right that is Nala who is my daughter's dog. She is still a puppy and you can see how she has grown in photo 19 of my March 2010 blog when she was exactly 8 months old and I was dog sitting for a week. I think I like this time of year best for working in the garden. I really appreciate the lovely sunshine before it gets warm.

Nala has a sweet face.
We've had a few beautiful days here while the rest of the country is having terrible weather, but I don't feel guilty. Last year when they had cherry blossoms we had snow drifts. :-)
I've been out in the yard trimming, raking and enjoying watching things come to life again. It'll be more than a month till I can start planting without fear of frost, though.