We have had media overload these past days as the south-east of Australia geared up for a cold snap. Well the hype, I think, was a bit over the top - although some parts of our state of New South Wales did wake to a whisper-white morning this morning.
Mr HP and I, our Daughter and Grand Daughter had already arranged to pick up Youngest Son at the end of a short hiking trip he was undertaking in the Jamison Valley so we took the opportunity to drive up a bit further up the range to Mount Victoria to see if we could catch some snow.
Well, we did see it snowing, but where we were, the snow did not settle.
So I don't have snow photos to show you.
Even so, I have to admit that the cold has been getting me down a bit this winter. Today's temperature didn't get above 11 'C in Springwood and the previous week didn't perform much better.
Katoomba (where snow is more likely), it is at present less than 1 'C with a windchill factor of -5.5 'C.
So instead of a snow photo here is a shot of tonight's desert...the cold made me do it...I just needed some comfort food and I can tell you...you can't go past this Baked Rice Pudding by Donna Hay. You can find the recipe here: Recipe.
And there's enough leftovers for tomorrow...after all, we might need it, because the media assures us the worse of the Arctic Vortex is yet to come!
Hoping the weather isn't too extreme in your part of the world.
