Three very good things happened today. 1) We woke up to falling snow that stayed for the morning. 2) I had a chance to head out BY MYSELF for an evening walk, tunes blaring, walking at my pace rather than a 4 year old’s. And, most excitingly, 3) I have raised over £200 already for Refuge. Amazing. I am thoroughly delighted and touched by the support so far. £160 pays for 3 nights in a shelter for someone who needs it so that is just wonderful to help out in a practical way. Huzzah! So thank you so much for all the support so far 🙂
Seeing as we had freshly fallen snow and bright skies, it made total sense to head out for a walk to find the perfect location to build a snowman. And I had just the spot in mind. Or so I thought.
My brilliant idea was to head to the park beside the big Morrison’s at the Waterfront. There’s a duck pond and a good amount of green space that, I thought, would be covered in snow. I was wrong. There was loads of snow…just none of it was on the grass! The paths and roads were white, the grass was a green as the island I am from!
The duck pond was also about 90% frozen, with Mr Swany (as Wee Daftie calls him) sheltering under the bridge. There was a big flock of gulls and a small family of moorhens leaving little patterns of feet on the ice. It was really beautiful, even if it wasn’t the snowman building experience we wanted.
After lunch, I had a batch cooking mood on so while Wee Daftie played, I whipped up a storm in the kitchen. I love our open plan kitchen/living area for things like this. Wee Daftie and I can still chat and sing along to Elton John (truth) while doing our separate things. She’s really great about helping me in the kitchen and now she’s a bit older, she has her own little chores to do at meal times. However, if she doesn’t want to help, then I don’t make her. Most of the time, though, she will pop over and ask what I’m making or if she can stir.
After all the domesticity, and a chat with my Dad (or Papap as she calls him), I didn’t have enough time to fit in another walk before dinner so I opted for heading out after putting Wee Daftie to bed for a walk by myself. It’s not something I get to do very often anymore and I always love it. I have new wireless headphones that I wanted to try out too. Ideal opportunity to do so many things I like. There are a few different walks I take where we live but tonight, considering the slippiness underfoot, I took the most open, used path. Down by the water, under street lights, lovely.
Steps hit and I didn’t hit the floor so that is definitely a win for me and for charity.
Two days done and more fun planned for tomorrow. Happy days 🙂 Oh and we did build a snowman…though my sis did refer to him as a snow muppet…and my Big Human may have called him creepy…I’ll let you decide!
Travels With My Daftie 