No.69 Wednesday, 11th.February 2026

We have light to moderate cloud cover this morning which means one thing: we have a modicum of blue sky and even sunny periods. I suppose that could be two things, but then blue skies and sunshine are inexorably linked, like twins who will never be seen apart.

It feels like spring, especially considering it is 10 degrees this morning. I suspect we will always refer to the seasons, even in one hundred years from now when climate change will have rendered them little more than a romantic notion from a past unknown to most people, other than through a multitude of songs, books, paintings and films.

For now, I can cling onto and warmly embrace the idea that ‘it feels like spring’. I might even release the goldfish in the garden pond from their winter fasting and feed them. I suspect they will enjoy that immensely.