Would you park here?

And where is the grass anyway...

Oh heck!

Nobody told me I shouldn't pack the babies...

Snow up to my eyeballs...

I'm in Sun Valley, Idaho for 10-12 days with the family. We arrived late on Thursday night with two very tired little babies.

The drive from the airport was along roads lined with massive snow piles. It was cold and very dark which meant the view was limited. But not so the next morning when I got up and pulled back the curtains.

There is snow up to my eyeballs outside! It is stunning!

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PS If the truth be known the snow is up to my bum, not my eyeballs... And melting fast!

Oh Dear, it's Ebay again...

I'm not sure if one can even begin to imagine how many crocodilians one can find on any Ebay site at any time. It would take a whole blog on it's own to even come close to being able to show all the weird and wonderful creatures I have come to own over the last few years.

It all seems to happen for me when in the USA. Not sure why, but it has become a bit of an institution that upon arrival in NY I start a croc search on Ebay and fill Jane's mail box several times over - she is not yet aware that the parcels will begin to arrive soon...
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Today I bought a potato peeler and a Bakerlite croc with monkey

Why?

Because I could I guess...

Just for Lucy - here's the weather update...

It's cold yet again.

We had a lovely few days after a good snowfall last week. I went walking in Central Park with Jane and the boys on Monday. Had a picnic lunch alongside Alice in Wonderland then met a snow cow/wolf on our way home.

Tonight it is -4C but with windchill it's -12C (and getting colder).

One day soon, I will have time and energy to write something interesting - I hope.

It's still cold

I took the boys out for a walk today. It was -9C when we left - with the windchill it was more like -18C. They were dressed in their snow suits in the pram with cashmere hats and blankets, snuggled under the apron with the rain cover on to stop the wind.

I carried the thermometer in the pram so I could come home if it reached 0 degreees C inside the pram. I also have a thermometer on the outside which reached 0 very quickly and then malfunctioned when it should have gone lower.

They went down to 9C inside the pram and we had a lovely walk looking for socks for the boys. I found one pair at gap and then went to Maddison Ave to another shop I'd been recommended. They did have the type of sock I wanted but were charging US$18.00 per pair, so funnily enough I decided they could stay in the shop for some other fool... I'm off to go internet shopping instead.

My chin had an ice cream headache this time but in my nice long coat (thanks Mum) and knee boots I was very toastie everywhere else!

It's cold now!

Today it finally turned 'New York' cold and I just happened to only have my light coat... I must have caused the cold snap because of that!

I came out of the subway this evening and the wind was one of the more lazy ones I've met - it went right through me and everything else in it's path instead of going around. There were flurries of snow and a cold cold wind... oh I already mentioned that. I had an icecream headache in my face and hands. Brr

Tomorrow is supposed to get even colder... Yay!! I've been dying to try out mum's new long, down coat that she kindly left here for me! I wore it a couple of times earlier and got way too hot in it so put it back in the cupboard. It will certainly be out again tomorrow.

Just checked the temp outside and it is -9C but feels like -18C due to wind chill factor etc. Eat your heart out Lucy you're only -7C at the moment!