Snow in the City is Really Pretty

Just lots of pictures-of a snowy evening and day.

Antwerp snowglobe from Andy-shaking it in the snow.

Washing abounds but indoors rather than out.
Not snow-but the nursery babies have never looked so good-washed and with new clothes!

Hometime today. It snowed very lightly all day,

but then for the last hour of school was quite heavy.

On the way to the bus. This is just next to my school-

a large grassy area that became perfect for sledging.The view from the bus. The bus driver stopped for me even though he was not at a bus stop. He said he stopped because I was looking at him-so kind! He had a difficult time getting up the hill out of Woolwich but finally conquered it. There was a fun atmosphere on the bus with strangers chatting away quite happily because of the exciting conditions.
This is Charlton House-a Jacobean mansion just up the road. It is supposed to have the oldest mulberry tree in Britain and it has a summer house designed by Inigo Jones and built in 1630.
I first saw the gate at the front on the cover of a detective novel, and was really excited when I saw the real one and recognised it.
The gate used to be part of an enclosure of the green at the front which is no longer enclosed-so it stands alone.

This is one of a large group of these blocks of flats set in a valley and overlooking east London. They are opposite Charlton House. Apparently there used to be a farm in this valley-I think a pig farm though I am not entirely sure.

I liked the pink window and the greeny blue-grey of the van.

Poplar Cottage-at the top of the road, partially obscured by a digger. The name and date are painted in black on the front of the house.

The date on it is 1600. -No-it is 1695-I looked more closely tonight.