Snow day for work!

Last night we had another fall of snow. Mirinda spotted it first in Canary Wharf on her way home from work. She said it looked lovely, falling through the street lights. Later in the night, I let the dogs out to go to the toilet and they came back with white flecks on them.

I woke up to find everything covered in white again.

My usual walk into town

I suffered a bit of an internal tussle but, eventually, decided not to go in to work. My reasoning was that the road looked very slippery and the trains may not have been reliable.

As it turned out, there wasn’t a lot of slipperiness and the trains actually behaved. What can I say? A bad call but a very pleasant, unexpected day at home.

Without knowing why, the poodles were very happy. They spent a lot of the day shoving their faces into the snow and making it stick to their legs. I have no idea how they can avoid getting cold but they somehow manage it.

While it was bitterly cold and snow lay all about, the morning was all sunshine and blue skies – the perfect winter’s day.

And, just like the traditional sickie (as opposed to a day when you’re actually sick), we had a lovely, lazy day, which included a lovely snow fuelled walk to the castle and back.

Carmen loves running around like a lunatic, rubbing her face in the snow at every opportunity and eating it on the run. Like a hydraulic snow shovel, she scoops it up, without a pause in her stride. It’s strange and very funny.

And, finally, Mirinda came home. The dogs went mad – Day-z has spent an awful lot of time on the window sill over the last two weeks, always on the look out for her return. I was in the shower at the time but their excited yelling alerted me to her arrival.

We’ve all missed her and it was lovely that Farnham looked so perfect for her return. This was definitely helped by her coming home before it was too dark to enjoy it!

After dinner, it was time to leave for the Farnham Maltings for our monthly Girls & Guitars gig, which was surprisingly well attended, given the weather. It was very cold and there was still a lot of snow.

I should say that it was a lot of snow for us. As Don McLean said on Breakfast this morning, he has regularly lived through four feet dumps of snow every three days in Maine (where he lives) and our little bit of white stuff was nothing. It’s all relative.

Tonight’s singer/songwriter was a girl from Guildford. She is Joanna Weston and has the honour of being the very first Girl & Guitar back in 2010 when the Maltings started the series.

Joanna Weston at Farnham Maltings

We are getting used to a high level of performer at the G&G nights. They have all been very talented (skilled in both guitar and singing) but tend to suffer from a lot of angst in their songs. So it was a lovely treat to hear some songs with an upbeat feel to them.

She has just returned from Holland where she recorded her latest EP. She told us about a documentary made about the trip which sounds quite good. She said she’d send a link to whoever joined her mailing list. I joined her mailing list and am now, eagerly looking forward to watching it.