First snow

You wouldn’t believe it this morning, because the sun is shining and the sky is almost as blue as my living room wall! And yet, last night it snowed. And just for a short while it seemed to stick to hedges and trees. Before sunrise cars parked in the street were wearing a white winter bonnet. But by nine the snow had gone. According to the morning news though the south of the country is covered in snow – up to 25 cm in some places – and more of the white stuff is expected to fall during the day.

View from my kitchen window last night.
The wind-swept snow flakes look like stings of golden pearls. Amazing!

We’re supposed to be on the dry and sunny side of the snow front. Next week temperatures should go up again and I shouldn’t have any trouble getting to work. And unlike last year, when the skies opened up on Christmas Eve and we were as good as grounded for several days because of the tons and tons of snow that fell in a few hours time, there is very little chance of having a White Christmas this year.

The bad storm Joachim that caused so much havoc in France and Germany hardly influenced our weather. Apparently we were sitting right in the middle of the eye of the storm, where there is hardly any wind. However, blogger friends Ken and Walt who live in the Loire Valley are without electricity since yesterday morning, due to Joachim’s antics! Other blogger friends Susan and Simon, who live in Southern Touraine, are running to their rescue with a generator, so that some electricity can be brought to their house. Isn’t it amazing what blogging can do!?