Isn't it amazing how much better it makes you feel to see a little sunshine  - and it's been wonderful here these last few days.  Driving to work through the Oxfordshire countryside the hedgerows are suddenly magnificent - full of snowy white blossom, pink blossom and the warmth of the sunshine bringing out daffodils and yellow forsythia.  ( Read more... )

I came across this little fellow...

I had to test him out of course - to see if the PC had the correct filtering!

It is freezing in here - literally!   The library wasn't due to open tody so no heating is on -  it is on timer so only managed to get one very small heater to work & it's made very little difference.  At Benson (in Oxfordshire) last ( Read more... )