Sublime to the ridiculous today - after yesterday which, while not exactly sparkling, was at least warmish, the temperature hovered in single figures for much of today - accompanied by a chilly wind at most times.

I had a bit of a lie-in and then boiled some rhubarb leaves in the hopes of removing the charred sugar on one of the pots. Not much luck there, but some has been shifted and no doubt the rest will go with time. Did a load of washing, cut up the last of the fence posts for firewood and some more palings and settled down to do some darning in front of the fire. Seemed the only sensible thing to do really.

So I now have a few more socks back in circulation at least.

It was nice to have a quiet day I must say.

UPDATE: Jean just turned up with this, fresh from the dam ...



Now all I need is a recipe ..........