Saturday and Sunday, January 18-19

A lovely, clear weekend at Ramsay.  Cold and breezy, but at least nothing frozen falling.  Here are some pics from a few weekends ago after a night of freezing rain and subsequent sub-freezing temps:

Iced tree

Stephen removed a layer of ice from the fish pool to prevent
 the walls cracking

The white pines are most likely to suffer from
the weight of ice or snow on their branches
or from high winds. 

Geo made excellent progress on Friday clearing the path around the woods, and will be back tomorrow (Monday) for further work.  Some other projects underway include the south portico of the main house, which is wearing scaffolding while it awaits the delivery of special, extra-long boards for use in replacing the columns, and the pending repair/repainting of places on metal roofs where the paint applied this summer has come away.  Weather has been a factor in completing the outdoor work, but contractors are prepared to go forward with work as soon as temperatures and precipitation permit.

A couple of additional recent photos:

New path from the Carriage
House (garage) to the workshop

Christmas decor by Patsy at the Ramsay gate

The parterre garden with a dusting of show, two days ago