At break of day the sky was heavy with dark, dark clouds
Except for a brave sun trying to rise above the South Mountain.
Our world has been completely icebound for two days
Branches drooping with the weight.
Everything encased
Everything bending over from the weight
Broken branches scattered on the ground
Rusty Pups were able to walk on deep ice covered snow
Not me
but I tried
and after a second each step would suddenly break the surface
and I was up to my calves in snow.
Thank goodness the driveway took my weight
and so we walked back and forth
for half an hour
then gave up
frozen fingers and toes!
Relieved to get back in the warmth
prepare breakfast
and....
....get down to a day's stitching on a new smaller peony piece.
Bringing colour back into a cold icy weekend.
A stormy weekend of power cuts
is no fun at all.