Winter walk

It felt like winter today. On the afternoon walk, I power walked through cold rain and nasty gusts of wind. But I was cosy. Rose was nestled against me in the carrier and we were both cocooned in B's enormous red raincoat. I probably look a little frightening; hooded and strangely obese. Occasionally I hear sweet sighs from my little girl and I cannot help but lay my hand on her back. Gus still tries to take advantage as I do not have a clear view down to him. He gets yanked more these days, our baby days. He manages to find morsels of god-knows-what in the decaying leaves. We return home quickly - the walks understandably shorter than their summer counterparts- and enter the artificial heat. A winter bonus.