Snowed in..... Maybe not so much fun.

I have followed the snow in England like a hawk flying over a mountain. To begin with I was quite jealous, but last night as I watched on the BBC many people stranded in their cars.. the fun so to speak went away and reality hit. Imagine having to walk in that snow for miles to get home? Imagine having to shovel snow and you are seventy three years old, or you are running out of food because you know no one to go and buy it?Guess the fun goes out the window then. I loved walking in the snow as a child, loved playing in it although i hated ruining the pretty snow by my foot prints. I am sure even the children in England must be getting a little fed

up with the cold weather. As I type I wonder how countries like Switzerland and Iceland deal with it, perhaps you grow accustomed to it...you stop complaining and just live. I was encouraged by friends who made Princes snowmen and took wonderful pictures in the snow and then the scenes of the beaches were pure wonder. So even though I am sure the fun of the snow is wearing of, take the time to capture the beauty of it whether in a poem, painting or with a camera, because in time the cold memories might just melt away and you will have a memory to last a lifetime.

Snow in England brings people to care for each other

Well as the snow has braced My England for this last week. Many of us who are not there are longing for them to share the snow. I guess one forgets,those moments of feeling so cold that your fingers are so numb you want to cry and your checks feel like they have been frozen to your face. I guess the grass always looks greener on the other side the reality is that the grass is greener in England. But as I talked to many in England this week, many just tried to be positive. Making sure that their pets were looked after and friends checking in on each other. A simple call to someone elderly or getting a newspaper. Such trivial

things but when the weather is cold it means so much to many. Perhaps people in England find this an easier thing to do, as in the war they had to all pull together. Something I do believe they never forgot, especially many from that time period. So if you are in England pull out the sledges, batten down the hatches and keep warm. Sending you warm wishes.

England my home.

The other week someone asked me about England and added "surely you don't miss the rain". I added "It's the people that make you call a place home". It's friends having a cup of tea, walking into town and sharing Christmas meals. It's the market places and the banter of hearing the stall holders cry out. The panto's and the smell of fish and chips and the pouring of vinegar and salt over them and then eating them in the freezing cold. It's the squeals of the wheels and bustling in the airport and the realization that the place you just landed is your home and that there is just none like it. It's the laughing with friends that remember you at school, or a sister remembering you keeping her up at night. There's the nicknames that only your family know and there is that kettle in the kitchen which calls your name and says Your home. So England may have rain, it maybe damp,

but to me it is oh so much more than that to me. It's My home. Hope you all are enjoying the snow.

2013 Here we are.

Well I stayed up to see the New Year in,on the East coast of USA. Many New Years Day's in Aylmerton would be, us all waking up to snow and going for a walk in the woods. My Dad which I probably quote every New Years Day would say that the snow wiped the world clean. It has stuck with me ever since he said it.

Dad in his own way said something true. That bringing in the New year gives us all a chance to make dreams come true. It is a shame that a snow falling can't wipe a world clean as beautiful as it is, I sure wish that was true. It rained today where I live and in a small way I thought of the rain as the many tears I have cried and that today was a new day of hope. So let's hope I get to come home to England this year. To all of you Start a new page and a new chapter and Dream ever so big Happy New year to you all It's going to be a good one..