I'm now regretting getting rid of all my snow icons...

Not only did it snow overnight, but it's still snowing here, and not the light sleet that we usually get. Oh no. These are huge flakes, settling on the four or so inches that we already had, turning the whoel world white. Oxford was strangely quiet this morning, a combination of the muffling effects of snow and the lack of cars on the road. I did see one poor soul trying to do a three point turn on Hollywell Street and failing miserably because the car kept sliding sideways.

Up where we are, everything really did have a blanket of 'deep and crisp and even' snow on it, which was baffling the ducks no end. There's something about being the first person to walk through a thick layer of snow, although I really wished I'd had some wellington boots to stop the bottoms of my trousers getting so wet.

Work's shutting early, everyone's looking out at the snow with expressions somewhere between horror and wonder, and we built a snowman in the carpark after having a brief snowball fight with the porters.

Could be worse.

( Plus, I took some pictures )

Slip Slidin' Away

Good grief, it's treacherous out there. Hundreds of feet have pounded the snow to the consistency of extra-slippery ice, with the added bonus of getting soaked if you trip. With my black-belt in klutziness, I had to be extra careful getting round corners.

Oh, and it turns out my boots aren't completely waterproof. Lovely.

Anyhoo, it's all starting to melt now, which adds grey slush into the equation, not to mention all the droplets falling from the trees. So I thought I'd post these final pictures of our snowman. (I'm the one in blue). The poor thing is on a slow nose dive towards the tarmac now, so I'm glad we got these pictures right away!

( He looked happy once... )

4 Fics: Criminal Minds, Stargate: Atlantis, Doctor Who, Torchwood

Thanks to people giving in to my shameless pleading for help, I have four ficlets finished (and a bad case of alliteration).

All are part of the halfamoon fest, which is for fanworks about female characters.

To spare you yet more spamming, I've backdated them, but all the links are below. I'll do a round-up once the 14 days are over, but everything can be found on the halfamoon tag.

And yes, there is a theme. I'm sure you'll spot it...

CTU
Criminal Minds; Jordan Todd; G; Set at an indeterminate point after 4x13 'Bloodline'; ~490 words
Summary: Everything is just how she left it

Home
SGA; Teyla; G; Set during 'The Return Part 1'; ~630 words
Summary: Coming back to her people has not been coming home

Domestic
Doctor Who; Martha; G; Set after 'Last of the Time Lords'; ~570
Summary: Martha Jones. Defender of the Earth.

What Ails You
Torchwood; Tosh, Gwen; G; Set between S1 and S2; 814 words
Summary: Four weeks. Still no sign.