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Clear blue sky!

AT LAST!  Clear skies this morning.  It's the first time in days and days, probably weeks, that we have not woken up to leaden, overcast weather.  So we went for a walk, and it was so good to get out of the house, especially with a touch of frost across the landscape.  It almost felt wintery!

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  1. We've only had one very light early morning frost that didn't make enough impression on the shrubs to show up on a photo.
    We did have a day of intermittent hailstones, rain, sun, snow! But now the rain is back with a vengeance - roll on summer; I am craving sunshine warming me as I sit outside with a book.

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    1. Lovely to hear from you! Happy New Year. I have almost forgotten what the warmth of sunshine feels like! There was snow on the Lammermuir Hills last night. I have taken a photo, from a distance, so don't know if it has come out well enough to post here. I will check! In the meantime, I'm with you - roll on spring, summer, sunshine - anything brighter than this!

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  2. Looks like someone has been out icing the countryside....dusting it with light sugar....lovely. x

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