Snowed In.....

Well not exactly...but for the first time since we've moved in to our new home we had a snow day today! Mid-morning I was called at work and instructed to collect my son from school as the school was closing. Unbelievable. Only a few inches of snow and the South of France grinds to a halt.

Apparently it's snowing in Corsica and Algeria as well. I can laugh, but they're not used to it here. And quite frankly after so many years away from snowy and icy winters, neither am I. Quite sensibly, schools were closed and people sent home before the snow really came down.

It is beautiful. We covered the orange and lemon trees in the garden and stood looking out at the garden filling slowly with snow.

My husband, born and raised just over 1.5 hours away is completely unused to snow, so his delight, fears and fascinations became mine as well. My son was running about within seconds of arriving home thrilled to be building a "bonne homme de neige" (a snow man) and be throwing snowballs. He was singing "Jingle Bells" and asking when "Papa Noel" was going to arrive. Who was I to crush their enthusiasm with criticisms of how wet the snow was? We were soaked instantly.

This photo was taken only a few minutes after the snow started. Ten hours later and we've at least 4-5 inches everywhere. Really quite something for this part of the world.
Hope we can get the cars up the hill tomorrow morning!