Chilly, chilly
It has been unusually cold here for a prolonged period. Edinburgh tends to get cold in winter rather than snowy but usually the cold snaps go away for a couple of days and we get a pleasing variety.
Not this year.
It snowed before Christmas and has, I think, snowed every day since. Despite the occasional mini thaw and slushing up it has always frozen up again and then snowed on top of the ice. I know that the weather elsewhere is worse, the thing is that it is not usual for Edinburgh.
And a certain cabin-fever is setting in. It has not been an easy process to get off the hill on some days and the car has been pretty much stationary for two weeks except for an emergency trip to get cat-litter (which is too heavy to carry back from the supermarket).
I keep picking up a guitar but don’t get further than strumming the same few chords over and over. I’ve read a bit and failed miserably at several crosswords. I keeping out our front window towards the Pentlands and wishing I could actually get out to them for a walk (a run being out of the question on ice-clad pavements) but my boots remain in the garage. The picture below was taken from our front window this lunchtime.
The picture at the head of this post was from the window at sunset, although I’ve played with it a bit to make the contrast more dramatic.
In the meantime, Kirstin and I have booked a short break in Paris in March for her birthday which is always something to look forward to.
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