Snow Day ...part two

So the snow started on November 30th and kept coming over December 1st, which made me decide to go for a walk in it to the local nature reserve :) For the amount of snow that fell, we only had about 1" that stuck.

We haven't had much snow in England over the actual winter months for quite a long time. At least not in the area I live. So it was really nice to take a long walk in the falling snow during the run up to Christmas - made it feel extra Christmassy :)

The walk to the nature reserve follows a country lane, just one car wide.





Yes, that is a lake! Frozen and covered with a perfect, white blanket of snow, trapping the tree branches like hands holding onto the water.



The ducks still managed to find a swimming pool by the river outlet, just big enough for them to enjoy :)



At the side of the lake is the entrance to the nature reserve and it runs all the way alongside it.





Spiny hands playfully reached out as we passed by, a dusting of snow in their cupped palms.



I've never really found holly to be "pretty", but the deep green, vivid red and brilliant white combination just struck me as a beautiful mix.



A perfect place to sit, for a view of the lake behind me :)



Finally we headed home, the snow still falling sporadically, and I felt really Christmassy. This is the first year in a while that I actually felt that so it was great to have the snow to go with it :)