Noël Blanc

Late rising sun, bright
through branches bare but snow capped
- brilliance reflected


The last of the white days dawned clear and very cold (-13 degrees celcius). Pipes froze all over the country. And we went out to play...

Branches slowly appearing from their snowy cover

We wanted to make a really big snowman but the snow was too dry to stack high

Exhausting work

Blackrock foreshore

Frozen pond in Blackrock Park with Howth over the bay in the background

...and back home for a warming snack before cooking our Christmas dinner

Cranberries and blueberries for the sauce

Hopefully everyone had a fun and peaceful Christmas day. The best part of ours was Neil being able, at long last, to discard his sling and take up the camera again.

The worst part - going to work the next day in the post-Christmas retail brawling match !

And then the rain came and melted all the snow.

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