To the woods! To the woods!

Dog-walk-in-the-woods-no-dog. For the first time in a long time, because we still miss the little baggage so much. Little wind, unlike the last few days. A fair amount of sunshine too. Everywhere the sound of running water, from streams deep in gullies.

Above all, swathe after swathe of snowdrops, planted long ago, self-propagating everywhere now, hundreds upon hundreds round every corner. A sight for sore eyes. A place to breath peace deeply into the soul.