winter-hardy vegetable....................

Hebe

frozen in thyme..................

REALLY cold frame....................

snow up to the oxters is no fun..........................but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.............

and whose are these sweet little pawprints?...............

our beautiful apples........................tasted great too.............. !

Japanese maple in all its autumn splendour.................

dew on the love-in-a-mist

taken in misty autumn.......................

Frozen veg

In the bleak midwinter..................some things are still valiantly alive. the chard and broccoli are stiff with frost but hanging in there...........the pond is frozen solid and Carrie is defrosting the bird bath every day. more is forecast.............we've had the first white Christmas for many years, and the cats object greatly to having to use an outside toilet in such cold weather..................