Today is a red letter day. We saw a sunbeam in the house for the first time since November. Here's photographic evidence of it. I love that first sight of the sun, it means that spring isn't far away and that we shouldn't see much more of winter's depression.You'll notice that there's plenty of snow in these photos. We've had about 6" in the last couple of days. Actually, it's been quite a cold winter altogether and there's more to come. There's so much snow that we've had to cancel this week's gardening session. More about that on our sister site.
We were finally able to test the 4-wheel drive on the RAV4 today. John drove up and down the drive - he said it was a piece of cake. That's a relief as it's a pretty steep, shady drive and the snow takes a long while to melt off. It's good to know we're not snowed in if there's an emergency. It's different for Steve and Marjorie next door. They face a hairpin bend to get onto our drive and with a normal car I don't think Steve would be able to make it. Never mind, we're here if they need us and we check up on them from time to time.
Here's another photo from the garden. It's of our lovely old Mahonia. Right now it's in full bloom, but the snow is hiding all that. However, we were impressed with how the snow emphasised the shape of the leaves. Hope you like it too!
