| The year is half over and winter has arrived artic chilled winds with hail and thunderstorms but today as I arrived home from work there to greet me was a fine shower of snow flakes well I know that to the purests it cant be called snow but to me it was magic so my job the next few days to unpack all the jumpers to make sure I have enough fire wood close at hand that the torch has a new battery and there is a spare on hand to make sure hmmmm I can pretend that the hail that has just arrived well must half close my eyes and squint yep that's better see to me it can be the snow hmmmm its close winter has arrived hail and rain cold artic winds but i am warm here inside a wood fire a hot coffee yes winter has arrived and its a great time of the year |