Winter Has Arrived

We woke up to chilly weather this morning. One look at the sky told us that there is a cold front passing by - not surprising as snow has fallen on some of the Cape mountains and when that happens the whole country feels the chill!

We woke up to a sky of cold-front clouds

Up till now we haven't had much of a winter this year - the mornings and nights get cold but the days are still warm and sometimes hot. In this part of the country the grass usually gets dry and dull when Autumn sets in as we hardly get any rain in winter but this year our lawn is still green and some of the deciduous trees are only now starting to loose their leaves.

At the moment the sky is bright blue but the wind is cold and blowing quite strong. It's nice inside the house though as it's North-facing and gets a lot of sun. Houses here don't normally have central heating - it doesn't usually get that cold but when we do have a cold spell we can turn on the heaters or light a fire in the fireplace. It's also time to make a big hot pot of homemade soup!

Jessica's cat, Thomas, in a sunny, sheltered spot.

Jessica and I have never experienced a real snowfall before. We've seen snow at a distance laying on top of mountains and about three years back we had a sprinkling of snow one very cold winter morning - it was very little though and soon melted away. We are always hoping when winter arrives that just for once there will be a nice heavy snowfall so we can make a snowman! :)