Thank God for heat pump, under floor heating, double glazing and thermal curtains and a cup of hot Nescafe!

Last Saturday I sat down with hot cup of coffee on a lazy boy and watched the scenery unfold from my window.
Hail stones as big as marbles, sleet, snow, gale-force winds and rain fell in a polar blast.
In the morning we had a couple of hours of sunshine. At midday thick and heavy clouds took over and the whole scenery was grayish, and then came the strong gale –force winds followed by rain, hail and snow. It snowed and snowed and the violent gale wind kept blowing the snowflakes. I felt like I am in a glass bubble with snow flakes circling around me, spoilt by the haunting sound of the wind creeping through my garage doors… its so creepy !!. Then blizzards, rain and more rain throughout the night... Christchurch never had so much rain and snow in one day for a long time.

Well four cups of coffee in the glass bubble in the middle of polar blast ……… I created sunshine, snow and wind

Sunshine

Snow

Wind

The day after the Polar Blast........................................................