Today I gave running a miss due to the fear of slipping on my backside on the very icy paths! However, I took a very long walk across the downs through Clifton village and back home through Redland. There was a misty, romantic, dreamy atmosphere that made me appreciate the dramatic beauty of winter. Having come from Melbourne whose winters were mild and moderate with most of the trees being non deciduous, it’s meant that the skeletal silhouettes of winter trees here is something that I find very mesmerising and beautiful.