It was cold here, winter arrived right on cue. Where I live if it is still mild by the middle of January then the winter almost always stays mild, so far we have had frosts but not much else apart from storms (wind and rain). Now the weather has changed and we had some snow, not much just a sprinkling but enough to make it clear winter hasn't done yet.

I did some chores and went for a walk in the Pine Woods, a little urban wilderness that is a favourite place for my dog as she can run about off her lead. I seem calmer today, maybe because it is the weekend.