decidedly not fanny snow

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it's always something of a special delight when a phrase i accidentally coin gets adopted. such was the case, look you see, with the time i used the description "fanny snow".

should you be of a mind to do so, you may see my first usage of it here and then what was maybe my second usage of it, so successful was the first, here. 

the intention behind that term was to say that whilst we had snow, way back then at the start of 2017, or if you like (2017) by the common agreed Kasabian way of saying it, it wasn't bad. whilst it was distracting and slightly annoying, there was absolutely no need to be a great big fanny about it; one could get out and get on with things despite it. i have taken nothing but pride in the fact that several (well, at least two) friends have adopted this phrasing when discussing snow.

not so, or not so much with this most recent of snow incursion. brave, indeed, would be the person who called what has come now a fanny.

this was very much the proper snow we were warned would come. well, of course, every year the British Press, or if you like the Fourth Estate, predict "the worst winter in decades", knowing that one year they will be right.

much, if not all, of the UK got this snow on the Sunday which has just gone. at least it had at the time of writing this. we, in a very real sense, got off lightly. several parts of the land had to endure this during the day, whereas we only had it fall later in the evening.

as i am led to believe that most, if not all, devices on which one could look at this blog can now play the video i add from time to time, here you go - enjoy a video of the snow falling. should such a thing be a thing that you would enjoy.

having been back home for somewhere just ever so slightly south of four years, yes and no, really. as in yes, i am sort of used to snow again, but also no i am not. it would be with great reluctance, for instance, that i would drive in it. to do so would require a particular emergency situation. so then, yes, this is not fanny snow.

whilst living and walking around in this snow i am reminded of how when i lived in Australia and South Africa i got homesick, but not all that homesick as and when i recalled snow. oh yes, it looks pretty and picturesque and so on. that i will give you, and it. but living in it, or with it, is not quite so pleasurable as you may consider. sure, it can be fun. but also cold. and wet.

indeed, the above is William, resplendent in attire suitable for bed, out in the snow. as soon as it fell, no matter what the hour, we knew there was no way to restrain him or keep him inside. he really does, well and truly, love the snow.

well, it is fun to play in, after all. especially when it is this proper, non-fanny snow what is all crisp (hello, Faye) and fluffy, with the latter being William's description. an accurate one too.

yes, i did share these images with family around the world. i was sure they would be delighted to see the snow, and compare it to how things looked where they were.

to this extent, the above is the reply, or if you like response, i got off of my Dad in New Zealand. he said that whilst they do indeed, as point of fact, get snow in Aotearoa from time to time, now was not such a time. quite a lovely day, instead, they appeared to be having.

more video of the snow? sure, why not. this one, however, was recorded from inside the house. i felt that there was only so much time that i needed to be out in it, and how much was quite short.

usually James isn't the biggest fan or advocate of snow. no. when it comes, for it does come, fanny or non-fanny in nature, he is normally found to be inside as soon as possible and for as long as possible. the chance to be out in it, rather than, say, in bed, proved irresistible in this instance.

that is, indeed, James in the blur. he got all excited and started running about. quite wise, i would say, as that would enable the generation of a gesture of body warmth, but it does not naturally allow one to take a really clear picture.

one of the best things about snow falling on a night is when it all melts away as you sleep, leaving the paths, roads and what have you all lovely and free and clear. sadly, indeed alas, this did not happen in this instance. the non-fanny nature of this snow  meant or means that it has every intention of lingering around for a bit yet.

yes, to finish off, that there above is indeed my (considerably) better half. whereas neither of us had any intention of driving anywhere at all, we thought it prudent, and best, to have the means to do so clear should some form of emergency (touch wood) make doing so unavoidable.

as many of you know, my verk for myself means i am more or less home based anyway these days. we are rather thankful that the ways of modern technology mean that my (considerably) better half can do this too, as and when conditions like this hit. and they do hit.

well, anyway. let me go and make some valiant but perhaps vain attempt to keep warm in all of this.




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