You alright down there mate?

......Well, I'm a bit chilly but I would be better if you stopped making that snow sprinkle down my back, brrrrr.

I just love the look on the face of the blue tit fluffed up below the snow, he was sitting there trying to get a bit warmer in the mid morning sunshine. The snow did stop in the end and it didn't really freeze badly overnight so the roads are passable, however the thermometer tells me it is 0.5 degrees out there, which means that what is already there isn't going anywhere.
My poor old dad is still not home, they have decided that they want to operate again to fit a pacemaker, another difficult decision to make given all his health problems. That's all I will say about that as I am sure you are all as fed up with this continuing tale as I am :-)