Saturday, November 22, 2008

A Pathetic Attempt At Winter

Hey! It's trying to snow!

It's actually a pretty pathetic attempt but at least it's having a go.

This is the little road that leads to Dive's house.

And this is the crappy road in to Norwich.

Norwich itself is slush central.
I had a yummy breakfast of toasted fruit bread, oozing and dripping with melted butter, washed down with a latte, in the delightful company of Joy and Thom, who are happy with our crappy weather as they will soon be jetting off to spend Christmas in the Philippines.

It's a hectic weekend; I'm about to head back in to the city for lunch with Mike.
So with all the housework to do as well I don't have time to write a post.
This is all your're getting today.
Hey ho.



So, I lied.
Here's more:
Lunch with Mike!

らめんはとてもおいしいでしたよ。
Yay!

23 comments:

Nathalie H.D. said...

SNOW!!!!
It's sunny as hell here.
Enjoy the latte, I just had crepes. Cheers

Alifan said...

Have a good lunch....you had a bit more snow than me, but my garden looks prettier on my blog than your road pics..... whooops better get off here before it turrns into another sewing circle... have fun...

M.Benaut said...

Snow ?? old son ??

What is snow ?

And to answer your question on my blog; nothing that a significantly large amount of cash would prohibit. (- just joking - of course !)

Cheltenhamdailyphoto said...

The breakfast sounds yum. I want the snow. Send it over here please.

Shazza said...

SNOW! Apparently we had some here too. I missed it though.

Scout said...

Hey, that's about how much snow I have, but yours looks a lot fluffier.

savannah said...

snow? damn, all we had here was cold...i know, my cold weather is nothing compared to yours, sugar! ;) but i live in the south for a reason and it ain't 30 degree or lower weather! xoxoxoxo

dive said...

It's still snowy here, Nathalie. I just got back from lunch in the city. Seafood ramen. Yum!

It's still snowing here, mum, but Norwich is still a huge pile of slush.

Monsieur: Hee hee hee!
If anyone has not been to see Monsieur's blog today, it is well worth a peek!

Lynn: You are more than welcome to it. I hate the stuff.

Shazza: You have REAL snow there. This is about the worst winter gets over here.

Robyn: Not just the snow; I'm nice and fluffy, too.

Savannah: You cannot have cold weather. It's just not right!
xoxox

Katherine said...

I love your pics, Dive! And Mike looks like someone I would love as well!

It has been 20 degrees f. here in Virginia, USA. I hiked yesterday but was so robed up, it felt like a cellophane wrap.

dive said...

Mike is truly awesome and great fun, Katherine.

I hate cold weather. Roll on spring!

Joy said...

I hope that wasn't Wagamama!!! Grrr. How was lunch?

It was snowing while I was presenting my snow and all I wanted to do was run out and take photos.

After the radio show, I made Thom and me banana and nutella crepes! We ate them in front of the fire. Want some?

dive said...

Lunch was on Mike, and it was yummy!

Banana and nutella?
Hee hee, Joy; you know the answer to that one!
Enjoy them.

Katie said...

I'm with M.Benaut -- what the heck is snow?? I've removed that word from my lexicon since leaving Minnesota. Your snow looks kinda quaint though. Well, the slushy part is annoying. You have to be properly shod for that. But lunch with Mike looks quite yummy! I'm not sure what he has speared on his chopsticks though.

dive said...

Hi, Katie.
Yes, Mike is yummy, as was the seafood ramen. Hee hee.
Mike is brandishing some kind of ladle thingie that they provide for you.
I ate mine with chopsticks, but - this being Norwich - was one of only two people in the entire place who seemed to be able to use them.
Norwich is still battling with the concept of the fork so chopsticks are a little too advanced.
Joy told me a lovely story of eating in Shiki one time and a table of English guys came in. They were too dumb to realise that you had to split the wooden chopsticks so they just speared the food with the things still stuck together.
It truly is "Deliverance" country out here.

Except for the snow, which sucks.

savannah said...

mmmmmmm, that seafood ramen looks delish, sugar! i've got some soup cooking right now. it's warming the house up and will soon warm my insides, too! xoxoxox

(y'all are right, darlin! it is unforgivable that i have to suffer with cold weather heah!)

neetzy said...

It's snowing here too! Semi-conductor came out to see daughter D in concert. We had to battle through squalls of snow. What fun!

Anonymous said...

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. That lunch looks really good. What did Mike order? Is that a bottle of ale in front of him? Im making risotto tonight. Im also grill smoking a filet of salmon on a cedar plank. I hope it does your risotto recipe justice. The dry wild mushrooms are steeping as I speak. Im off to the wine cellar to find a worthy bottle of red wine. Thanks again for the recipe Dive.

MmeBenaut said...

Yes Snow! Yay! Looks like a good day of fine food and even finer company, dear friend.

dive said...

Savannah: it WAS delish, though I'd rather be sipping your soup in your new house than sitting here in the snow.
xoxox

Neetzy: fun? FUN? Snow sucks! Though I hope the concert went well.

Hi, Mark: We both seafood ramen. Yup, Mike had an Asahi with his.
Have fun with the risotto. The grilled salmon sounds fantastic!

Mme: Snow is pretty far from yay. I walked in to the village this morning and really should have taken a sled and dog team. Roll on spring!

Maria said...

EWWW! SNOW!! I am probably the only person in my area who doesn't get all sickening sweetie about the first snowfall. I hate ALL snow.

So..what were you drinking at lunch? The bottles look interesting.

dive said...

I'm glad I'm not the only snow-hater in Blogville, Maria.

I was drinking water and Mikey had Asahi (Japanese lager).

neetzy said...

We also had snow on Friday. Lake effect squalls from Lakes Erie and Ontario. We had a severe dusting nothing more. Dad, the semi-conductor had to drive through it.

dive said...

Brr, Neetzy. Did your daughter's concert go well?