Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Alan, Anna & Morgan live in West Wales and attempt to make the most out of life. Alan is a freelance website designer, Sports & Exercise Science Lab Technician and full time Dad & husband. Anna works at Aberystwyth University and is a full time Mum & wife.
We didn’t get huge amounts of snow here, but it did start snowing quite heavily whilst Morgan and I were out Mountain Biking yesterday at Pendam. Once we’d finished biking and got into the car it came down really heavily again so Morgan took a quick video clip of the snowstorm as I drove along...
Read more »Another day and another snowman – although the snow here at sea level is now beginning to disappear. Still loads in the hills though.
Read more »All the snow we’ve had recently has meant that there have been plenty of birds in the garden looking for shelter and food including Redwings and a Snipe. I couldn’t get close enough for a decent photo of either though, mainly because Morgan was chomping at the bit to get out and play in the snow so...
Read more »We had quite a bit more snow here last night so after breakfast there was nothing for it but to head out into the garden and then over to the beach and the golf course for a play in it. All the fun and games was followed by a delicious ‘Epic Hot Chocolate’ complete...
Read more »Well, it’s nowhere near as bad as forecast but the snow is at last coming down and it’s beginning to settle too. Not loads yet but it is snowing heavily so we could have a snow day declared anytime soon.
Read more »Just some nice photos of the snowy Xmas scenes from our back garden. Hope you like them, and have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Read more »I know I’ve already posted about it a couple of times but I still can’t get over the fact that we have a full-on igloo in the garden here in Wales. It makes me giggle every time I see it. It’s become a bit of a tourist attraction too as we’ve now had a number...
Read more »Yet more from my GoPro camera whilst playing in the snow over the weekend – Certainly getting some use out of it and having fun creating little family movies.
Read more »It’s almost dark out there so I’ve put a single tea-light candle in the igloo and it is looking really cosy in there now. I’m pretty proud of our igloo!!
Read more »Just spent an excellent day building a full on igloo in the garden. Morgan and I started at around 9.30 this morning and were then joined by Dave and Sarah. I made blocks in a plastic flower planter and arranged them whilst Sarah was trapped inside smoothing off the inner walls. It is surprisingly good...
Read more »The school was closed so I had no option but to take the day off and play in the snow with Morgan.
Read more »This is what it looks like out the back… I do love the snow, everything is so quiet.
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