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Elle
Walk on the beach ?! You have to be joking in this weather !
A good roast dinner indoors is what is on the cards...

Hello, Elle!
Lucky you with the thaw!
Still snowing here, though it has eased a bit, as per forecast.
Jazzgirl's pic confirms there is some sort of working camera up the tree, though not the main webcam.
Good luck with your puzzles.
My day of rest from them!

I think if Laddie sits on that nest he will turn straight round and fly back! Thanks JG, hope the roast was up to standard. My mother made the best roasts ever and I'm still trying to emulate her...
I went for my walk at 7.15 am, and was the first to make prints in the snow. I liked the cold, still world then but the wind has now got up. So I am making a scrapbook of a holiday in Florence 2009 - the skies look a most improbable shade of blue. I wrote a diary and have photos but no sheet of thumb nails so it's a question of Mr. Google and luck. I IDd a photo of a statue of Judith and Holofernes, quite chuffed. If all you have is a picture....

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, we do seem to be fortunate.......our thaw is definitely underway.
I am hoping for a back- to-normal day tomorrow!
I do not like this being confined to barracks......
Walking through fresh snow is one thing.......I quite enjoy that.......but skating about on "ice" is quite another!
I solved the remaining Everyman clue...it was quite simple really.
I was just being a tad dense!
I've done the ST puzzle , too, although still two to parse.
Mainly though, I am reading.......

Hi Ros
Yes the roast was excellent .
I made the Yorkshire puddings (to a recipe handed down in the family)
I have just googled Judith and wished I hadn't ! ;)

Hi, Rusty!
My goodness, it is snowing again here!
I had thought we were finished with this.......
However, I doubt it will stick...I think all we can expect are icy pavements tomorrow.
Our road looks clear.
It is bitterly cold.
The poor dog is booked for a bath and a trim at the Groomer's tomorrow afternoon!
Poor thing......
I had waited until the weather had warmed up before arranging this....never expecting a reversion to the previous snowy conditions.
What is happening up your way?
Is it still very windy and snowing?

JG Not a pretty story, is it? Though Judith is credited with saving a LOT of Jewish lives. I have seen the Caravaggio of the same subject. I think she was an incredibly brave woman; the odds against success were very high.

My sons both went to York uni. They liked neither my Yorkshires or beer brewed in Oxford after that.

Is there a special secret to your family Yorkshires? My mama used to insist the pan things were smoking hot, with the melted lard already in. The lads had Sunday lunch in Yorkshire pubs; Yorkshires the size of dinner plates filled with sausages and gravy, or so they said. I don't think they could afford beef.

Hi Ros
No secret , just the usual batter mix of flour, pinch salt, egg/s and milk. Stand for about 30 mins. The only addition is one or two teaspoonfuls of cold water added to the batter & whisk again just before pouring into the sizzling hot smoking fat.
I use the fat from around the beef joint heated in the Y.P. tins (large ones)
Never ever open the oven door while the puddings are cooking, or they will go flat. They should be about 2 inches high when they are golden brown and ready. The sides and bottoms will be crisp
I don't have it written down, so this is all from memory.
My husband joked he only married me for my Yorkshire Puddings !

Good evening, Elle!
Snow has stopped here, still windy, though.
It is very cold, too.
Hopefully that is the last for the winter!
How is your snow doing?
I am sure your dog, like the rest of us, will be all the better for a bath and trim!
The Loch Garten webcam has gone "live" this evening.
Lot of background noise on it though.
Remember and 'phone your cousin!

Hi JG
I think the secret is in the smoking hot fat and not opening the door. My mother used beef fat as well if she was doing beef.
I finally gave in and turned on the radiator in my bedroom!