Before I show you the view today,
Happy Birthday Mum!
Here’s a picture for you as a reminder of what summer has in store next year!
And here’s the view today, 8.30am, – 4°C, just as the golden morning sunlight came over the hill to shine on the birch trees…
Hope you all have some sunshine today – especially since the days ar so short right now.
😀
Words and Herbs 
Beautiful, just the view to enjoy on this December day. Happy birthday to you mum too!
Thank you Christina! The frost and sunshine was lovely yesterday, but back to mist and fog today. Down near the river it is shady and everything is still white from yesterday morning!
The days are short, but the moon mirrors the way the sun in June. Todays fullmoon shines 16 hours. (In other years 2 hours more). Happy Birthday to your mum!
Thanks Uta – the sun came out yesterday at last. It was a wonderful frosty day! 😀
Looks like a chilly morning, but the sunshine offers promise. Hope your mother has a great birthday.
I think my Mum will read this, so thanks on her behalf for the good wishes. The sun was beautiful but is taking another day off today!
Looks chilly allright! Mind you, I don’t feel the shortness of the days that much as it only gets dark shortly after 5.30pm which isn’t bad, I think.
The sun disappeared behind the hill here at 2.45pm yesterday and it was dark by about 4.30. I suppose you live higher than I do! Hope you are keeping warm where you are. 😀
Not higher but more to the west – very spring-like here, Cathy, keep warm too 🙂
Ah, spring…. am dreaming of it!
Wow! At first I was thinking what is Cathy doing… that can’t be the picture for this Tuesday! I LOVE the summer pic but was pleasantly surprised with the Tuesday pic too. Very pretty colors. A great time of day to shoot. Happy Birthday to your mum, mine was yesterday!
Hey, Happy Birthday to you too Andrea! Hope you had a lovely day. 😀
Bees and sunshine….Love it! There was a burst of sun here today. I soaked up what I could. Even though it’s chilly, I can’t help but be outside when the sun is. Your pictures are great! Hope your mom’s day was special.
Hi Koko! Thanks for the good wishes for my Mum. The sun was barely warm yesterday, but did the soul good! Have a nice week. 😀
Happy birthday to your Mum (I fancy another bee lover). The garden looks beautiful and wintry.
Thank you Amelia! My Mum is a real nature lover and always considers the bees, insects, birds and other wildlife in her garden! It’s cold now, but still no sign of snow… A green Christmas again I suspect!
A lovely photo for your mums birthday…I hope she had a lovely day. It was -4 F here yesterday and we got 6 inches of snow on top of the 10 already on the ground so it is nice to think about summer flowers. 🙂
Wow, so much snow Karen! We will most likely have a green Christmas this year, But then I had a hunch we wouldn’t get a bad winter… still, there’s January to come yet! Thanks for your good wishes, and keep warm!
Lavender conjures up so many lovely summer thoughts, a lovely photo for your mum’s birthday too. No picturesque frost here, but lots of strong wind and rain tonight. Sunshine due tomorrow though and planning to be outside all day to make the most of it.
Then I hope you have a lovely day outdoors Julie… I shall be in the warm kitchen again today! 😉
Brrrr, beautiful but I can almost feel the chill! Still not had a proper frost here yet.
Very chilly here, yes! It has been below zero for a few days now (in the day too). Perhaps we’ll all have a nice white frost on Christmas morning… almost as good as snow!
Beautiful photos!
Wishing you a magical Christmas season and all the good things in 2014! 🙂
Thank you Geraldine! Wish you a great Christmas and very Happy New Year too!
Catching up on posts as I’ve been away for a couple of days to celebrate my mum’s 89th birthday which was also on the 17th December. Hope that your mum enjoyed her special day too Cathy 🙂
Thanks Anna!
Gorgeous! And I love your header photo, too…so pretty!
Thank you Sheryl – that rose in the header didn’t last but the frost was fabulous for 2 or 3 days!
Happy Birthday to your mum and thanks for the summer reminder!!!
Thanks Donna! 😀