Misc...

Update at 15:00. The 10" of snow they promised are are, and a couple more.
As soon as the snow seemed to stop, all the neighbors came outside to try to clean in front of the houses. We soon realized this would lead us nowhere: the street won't be cleaned, so we won't be able to reach the main road, even if we can get our cars out of the garage. And even if we can reach this road, there are two tree lying across the road at the end of the village. I'm not sure I'll be working tomorrow... We had not have this amount of snow since 1985...

First, thank you very much for your comments on the book cover. The friend likes it a lot.

It was hard going back to work after a 10 days break. But this morning, I woke up full of energy... Ready to go to work... but this is what I found when I opened the window: Same garden, one hour later, and the snow won't stop before the night, so the weatherman says.

Driving with a thin layer of snow is a total chaos here, as we are not used to it. I personally can't drive with snow. So I listened to the advice broadcast on the radio, and I'm staying home instead. I went out to fill the bird feeders, and believe me, I have a flock of fans outside. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time wachting them today.
I'm not the only one:

My other assistant is practising her favourite exercise, drinking from the most inadequate dishes, here the bird bath I was going to put back into the cage... Every morning she does the same, although she's got at least three drinking dishes ...

I'm going to enjoy this day home, provided they don't cut the electricity.

Have a nice day!

Happy Xmas, sorry, Easter

Still half asleep, I went to the bathroom, and this I saw! Run to wake up my daughter (who had been out all night :-)), and then went to make some pictures.

When I was living in the North of France, as a kid, snow at Easter was far from unusual, but I think it is the first time I see snow that late since I'm in the South of France. However, the sky is turning blue again, and it is already melting.

Back to the sewing machine!

Weather

I always tell you I live in a sunny and dry area. I've taken those pictures this afternoon through my office window. The white dots are snow flakes, huge snowflakes! Have you seen that Annica?
It has been snowing for two hours when I left my office, and it was going on.
I have a 30 minutes drive, about 30 km (20 miles). When I arrived home, the soil was dry. It is cold and cloudy, but no snow nor rain, at least yet.

And this morning, the wind was so strong that there was a power cut-off, just as I was going to shower. Had to find clothes as I could. Make-up and brushing had to wait until I reached the office. And as I came home tonight, lights were on almost everywhere... But that meant that the power was back, which is good news.