Cold spring

It might be decidedly cold and snappy at the moment, but at least when you (or at least I) drift awake these days, it's to find a little sunshine already spilling through the window panes. It makes getting up that little bit easier. I normally hoy misen off the hay bale a little earlier than I need to and sit with a book and a cup of tea (black naturally - no cow juice for Cameron) for about three quarters of an hour. It gives my brain time to fully reactivate and me time to shake away those dreamy cobwebs.
This morning I was watching the slanting shadows of the rising sun on the driveway wall and I decided to try and catch a couple of shots. The very second my shutter opened this behelmeted gentleman streaked into momentary view, off on some impressively early morning two-wheeled adventure...