By the end of last week a steady thaw had set in and has continued ever since resulting in treacherously slippery conditions. Fortunately, the first snow fell on unfrozen ground so much of the melting snow is soaking into the fields which cuts down the flood risk. It's amazing how quickly the snow disappears! I took the dogs out this afternoon as the sun was going down and managed to get some photographs of one of the most beautiful sunsets we've had this winter. It started off like this...........................
and then it turned to this................................
Meanwhile, the hills to the north and north east were clad in this beautiful pink glow.
A few weeks ago I made the fig and cinnamon cake featured in the December issue of Country Homes & Interiors and froze it as we had plenty of cake around at the time. I decided to use it yesterday as there were four of us for supper and it would save having to make a pudding so I prepared the topping, decorated it with some chunks of orange and popped it in the fridge for later.
We went to a lovely, evening, Christmas service of lessons and carols in the village church. There was some excellent singing interspersed with all the familiar Christmas readings. Then it was home for roast partridges with roast parsnips and pumpkin and lovely, fluffy Golden Wonder potatoes followed by the fig and cinnamon cake which was most delicious. I'll certainly be making it again!
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