Winter by the Loch

We are having a spell of really cold weather just now with heavy frosts and occasional fog. Sunday was such a day and on our walk I took some photos of our village in winter.
this is from the lochside path with the village looming through the fog with winter sunshine, the church spire appears somewhat ghostly!

We have a ruined castle-------Barr Castle, lots of history attahced to it. This is owned by the McDowall family whose history goes back to the 17th century and before, the present owner lives in Canada. They were one of the two big families in the area the other being the Semples after which our loch is named, We really have three lochs in a row here---Loch Semple, Barr Loch, and Kilbirnie Loch and from up the hill you can see them strung out like a necklace---very pretty!

One of the National cycle paths runs through the village and this is part of it on Sunday with the sun streaming through the hoar-frost covered trees. It originally was a railway line which was closed by Dr Beeching in the '60s. We really are blessed here with numerous wonderful walks and great scenery!

As to the stitching scene, I am in the middle of another fabric covered box with a stumpwork lid of which I will post later in the week and am also auditioning fabric for the BQL December bag. Hey-ho --------life goes on in spite of our central heating boiler going on the blink this morning, the engineer should come this afternoon --------I hope!