We have snow!

Very rare here.

These were taken as the sun was rising.  

MIL is very ill so we are off to the UK tomorrow.  Don't know how long for.  Now I have to pack.

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We hardly ever get snow here - about once every four years.  I love snow picrures...

Snowflakes caught in a spider's web

We've got snow!

Well, it is unusual for us.

This was the view from the kitchen window this morning.

From the street.

Rob didn’t go into work, too slippery for a bike and the buses weren’t running. This afternoon he’s ‘working from home’ busy with the timetable for work.

Another one blogging about snow

Exceptionally, I’ve got two mornings of exam supervision this week. I can’t get there this morning because of the snow. Snow is forecast for tomorrow morning too. Looking out of the window I see the tracks of one car on the road. Everyone is taking the advice to stay indoors it seems.

Officially it never snows in La Rochelle. When we built the house the roof was left unlined - because it never snows. The first winter we had a lot of snow which collected inside the roof space. We couldn’t remove it because it was lying on top of the insulation. We just waited for it to melt. We have snow every four years. In the late 80s new houses had lining inside the roof to keep out the snow.

We had a lovely Christmas and a very quiet New Year. We watched DVD’s of ‘Yes Minister’ and remembered to save a glass of fizzy wine to toast the new year in and then straight to bed. Olivier disappeared for 2 days. They had a party up the road at his friend’s house. At least I didn’t have to worry about him getting from A to B. He had splashes of red wine on his white sweater, apparently someone threw a glass of wine at him. Fortunately they were too drunk to do too much damage. I got the stains out with my beloved washing up liquid.

Happy New Year to everyone. I like the shape of 2010 written down. A good omen.

We've got SNOW
Yesterday afternoon it was very cold and it started raining; Rob and Olivier were both soaked when they arrived home. Around eight-thirty, Rob suggested our usual evening stroll around the block so I sent him to check it wasn’t raining. It was snowing!!! We went for our walk around the block though a shorter route than usual and yes we got soaked.

This morning there was a lot of snow on the ground and it had frozen over. Rob went to work on the bus instead of his bike and Olivier went off to lycée praying the buses were cancelled (not logical as Rob had already taken an earlier bus). Apparently the traffic is moving very slowly. I haven’t even gone out to collect the post, it probably won’t have arrived yet.

As the sun started to rise , it was really beautiful. The frozen snow on the branches of the trees sparkled in the pinky, yellowish light. It won’t last for long I’m sure, but at least we’ve had a little bit.

Stormy weather
The wind is coming from the direction of Siberia this morning. I’ve just had an email from Dom to say that it’s snowing in Poitiers. I walked round to the post office in record time this morning. It was still a little dark at 9 o’clock. The light sensitive (or should I say dark sensitive) streetlights were on and the cars all had headlights on too. I think we’re in for some nasty weather.

The weekend was busy. Mainly post card stuff. My groups are doing well. Rob and I found where my course next week will be, it’s in an architect friendly but not for human consumption type building where I know I shall get lost on the first morning. At least I know where the building is now.