Christmas Cheer

The last two weeks we have had cold and icy weather. Some days it has rained on the ice and made walking difficult.

Icicles under the railway bridge at Lazonby.

Frozen daggers

I set up my Christmas display in the Artful Garden on Wednesday. The scarecrows were frozen to their seats so I had to prizes their arms and heads so I could dress them in their Christmas outfits.

Charlie Barley.

Do you like my Santa lookalike look?

Looby Loo.

Too cold for a party dress

Boozy Floosie.

Binge drinking

Bobby Barley.

Too many mince pies and not enough football

Crazy Maisie.

All dressed up with no where to go

Baabaara.

I know a sheep doesn't have antlers but

New this year is Jack Frosty. He is made from recycled plastic and newspaper. He doesn't mind the cold but hates the wet as any snowman would!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

I have covered some tin cans and decorated them with Christmas trees.

Can Art

There are some lovely cloud patterns at this time of the year.

Looking towards the Lakeland hills from Shap

I could not decide why there is plastic in the field at this time of the year.

At first I thought this was flooding

Acid yellow gorse is in bloom.

Yellow beads

The farmer's are ploughing their fields if the ground is not too wet.

A healthy loam

Sunset along the river Eden. 

The sun starts to set from 4pm so our last dog walk of the day gets earlier

Jill our sheepdog is not usually found of cats but she made friends with this little kitten on our walk.

Bosom friends