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It might at last be getting a little warmer. It has been quite pleasant when the sun is shining, though there are still remnants of snow up on the hills. With a bit of perseverance you can find almost enough to walk in, as this picture from a few days ago shows.

Woodland scene. With snow.

But the snow is beginning to outstay its welcome: somebody really ought to drop a few hints that it's time to be gone now, given it is practically summer. It would be quite nice, for example, to turn off the central heating, or at least turn it down a few notches. But there is an unfortunate design flaw in my house, whereby somebody carelessly placed it with the front door facing due north and the back door facing due south. So there is a noticeable temperature gradient across the house, with the dining room postively sweltering when the sun is out, while the living room is encased in winter's icy grasp. It can be embarassing to be basking in the back garden one moment only to have to put a coat on to answer the front door.