The herb garden

The herb garden, a photo by rajmarshall on Flickr.

We had a bit of snow last night in Macclesfield..today pavements are difficult and the footbridge over Hibel Rd is far too exciting even for me!

About to melt to death

Oxford Light has some lovely pictures of snowmen on the martyrs' memorial - there seem to be 10, is that the correct historical number - and if so did the builders realise? I'm only a heathen Cambridge graduate.
There's some nice pictures of the city on that blog, maybe I need a post enumerating a few city weblogs I have bookmarked?

Snow Cat!

For those of you not following Simon's cat on facebook or twitter (shame!) the full episode, of which the first half was released before Christmas, of Snow Business is now available

Yesterday was the first day since Dec that I'd checked for an update to Part I - just slightly too soon.

Jack enjoys a new bird feeding table

Jack enjoys a new bird feeding table
Originally uploaded by rajmarshall

Here's Sue setting up a new table for feeding the birds. As you see her cat, Jack, is already positioned ready to inspect the diners. Later in the afternoon birds were sitting underneath inspecting the food which had fallen. At the moment there's an almost constant procession of birds to the two tables (ours and next doors).

And you think the snow is deep!

Squirrel and snow - iii
Originally uploaded by rajmarshall

The grey squirrel which lives a few gardens along (we think) has emerged from its home to decide whether a trip to the bird table was worth the risk. After a lot of slipping and nearly falling off the roof it decided it wasn't worth it - one of our cats noticed it and also decided the conditions were not suitable for a chase and went back to sleep. A few more photos of its progression are here

Trees over the Bollin

trees over the Bollin
Originally uploaded by rajmarshall

It snowed this morning and I've just been down to the Bollin and taken a few photos. Beautifully quiet, unfortunately the kingfisher and heron which Beth saw yesterday weren't there today. But the snow transforms the landscape. The linked photos also have some pictures of the traffic chaos on Beech Lane which was virtually blocked, traffic is now moving there very slowly!