Brass monkeys

Ste Elisabeth
Yesterday's weather: put it this way, we saw a couple of brass monkeys outside and they were crying.

HAPPY SAINT'S DAY TO LIZZIE

Happy Birthday to Beryl.

Yes, I do know the origin of that saying.

You have to keep pretty busy to keep warm, or pay the electricty bill. We have only electric convectors and one bottled gas fire but we're managing to keep the place pretty warm. Luckily we don't have many rooms to heat and it's usually a challenge when it gets to bedtime as that is one room we don't heat.

The double glazing has been worth every penny already. Once warm the house stays warm for longer.

When we got up this morning the garden thermometer was reading 12 degrees.

I'll correct that immediately. It was reading minus twelve degrees. So we decided not to work outside today but to keep indoors and cook some nice warming soups and a couple of cakes as we had people round for afternoon tea this afternoon.

I only ventured out twice; once to put the washing on the line and once to find that instead of drying, my sheets and pillowcases were frozen solid.

Happy winter, everyone.