Snow or No Snow?

The week has rushed by in a flurry of preparations. Music had to be chosen by midweek in preparation for the services on Sunday, which include the main carol service. Meanwhile, we continue to watch the weather forecast with a mixture of anticipation and dread.

Anticipation, because it has been a couple of years since we last had any proper snow. In fact, we have lived in our current house for well over two years, and have yet to see the garden with more than a sprinkling of snowflakes.

Dread, because quite frankly we do not want the inconvenience. Snow is magical, but jolly inconvenient.  It is the run-up to Christmas. We all have plans and much still to do. After all the preparation we do not want to be disappointed.

The forecast currently predicts snow from 3am to 7pm, but it is only a possibility of 30-40%. It could miss us entirely. We would all get on with our plans, relieved, but feeling slightly cheated, as beautiful snow scenes fill our news feed on social media.

Often we do not get the extremes of weather forecast. Is that because they predict the worst case scenario, or have we just been very fortunate? Who knows!

So I go to bed, to dream of magical snowflakes drifting down....who needs to count sheep!