No Sign of the Big Melt!

Well, we had the heavy snowfall in the early hours of Wednesday and as of today, it’s showing no signs of melting.  With more snow forecast tonight, who knows how long it will hang around.

Jon and some neighbours helped clear the top end of our road … partly so we could get our cars off, but mainly so that another neighbour would be able to get back into our road.  He’d been stranded in Basel overnight as was attempting to drive back home.  He managed all but the last 20 metres and had to have a helping hand!

Temperatures have really dropped the last few nights … Thursday night saw the temperature in Thatcham drop to a chilly -11°C – I’ve never known the temperatures to drop that low around here before.

We’ve also had icicles hanging off the conservatory rook and gutters, as well as off the car!

  

The weather is really tough on the wildlife so Jon has been feeding the birds and making sure they have access to water.   We are lucky enough to get quite a wide range of birds visiting … robins, blackbirds, starlings, collared doves, blue tits, chaffinches, greenfinches, goldfinches … with the occasional great tit and coal tit (and the very occasional Sparrowhawk!).  We’ve now got two more visitors to add to our list: two pied wagtails and a black cap!

  

I’ve signed up to do a Scraplift Circle Journal and have decided to scrap the photos of the Fly-Drive Holiday we did around the East Coast of the USA and Canada back in May 2000.  2,000 miles in two weeks!  The only downside is that I only have a few digi photos from this trip, the rest were taken on Jon’s film SLR and my trusty APS.  Scanning the photos in has been a little time-consuming to say the least, but well worth it, bringing back lots of memories of the places we saw.

I’m in two groups, so should get a fair few LO’s completed for the album.  Here’s my first two scraplifts.

Group 1

Above is a scraplift based on this LO by Rachel (Taniwha).  It’s absolutely the perfect title page for my album.

Title page showcases some of the places we visited on our trip which will feature in more detail as the album progresses.

Group 2

The above is based on this LO by Claire (weetabix).  It will be the LHS of a double page spread on the Twin Towers – the RHS will feature photos from the Top of the World. 

I have incorporated a large journalling panel … it’s a 6”x6” card pull-out (from under the blue star paper) with my memories of our visit to the WTC and also my recollection of where I was when news broke of the tragic events of 9/11.

Big thank you goes to Rachel and Claire for allowing me to use your work as the basis for this Circle Journal.

Materials:

• Scenic Route Liberty Papers (red star paper from scrap box)
• AC Thickers
• Kaisercraft Bloom & Aunty Sarah’s Bloomers
• Small square beads (Grp 1 LO) – Early Learning Centre
• Metal Embellishments (Grp 1 LO) – pin badges bought of eBay
• Rhinestones and Ribbon – from stash