Brrrr, winter seems to have arrived.  Suffice to say that our morning foray in the garden covered the bare essentials and nothing else.  Aunty Biscuit took Granny Biscuit to the last craft fair of the season at Middleton-in –Teesdale, she reports back that there was a covering snow on the hills and odd bits on a couple of the pavements.  I made double sure I had my coat on before going out for my walk today.  For the human element, colder weather does lend itself to staying in and knitting or crocheting and also wearing the finished items especially jumpers, hats, mitts and scarves.  I personally take it as an opportunity to lounge on the sofa testing out blankets, as does Harrier.  The collie seems impervious to such extremes of temperature - typical.