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Misty out and quite spooky this morning. We are planning to visit the local garden centre for bird food this morning, with a stop off at the whole food shop nearby for a coffee and maybe some cake. I don’t buy much food in there, I should, as it’s all cooked in their kitchens from good quality...

It is already up to 30f -1c and we're going to warm up to 50f 9c before we get plunged back into the freezer tomorrow. This is a nice little break from the cold we've had since pretty much the beginning of December.

I haven't got a Kindle but a Kobo which at the time could magnify the text which the Kindle couldn't do. It was handy when I was working to read whilst eating my lunch, I could prop it up and my hands were free. I still use it daily and you can download free books from the library service.

I was driving a buses at the time when we had a very bad winter, ice & snow and very few roads gritted. The worst part for me was driving my Fiesta getting to the bus dept. I can remember getting the bus stuck and eating my turkey sandwich along with a flask of coffee.

I think we all support charities of certain types for various reasons. I think the problems come when well healed celebrities start preaching to those of us with just a normal income.

Oh sorry to read that, it is sad when you lose a favourite. My garden is not clay so when we have seriously low temperatures it is not quite such a disaster with the soil being free draining. Even in 2010 when temperatures here went down to -18oC I don’t remember loosing anything apart from some...

If it's Christmas then spring cannot be far away and happy gardening everybody.

An amazing acacia dealbata in Richmond Some alpines at Kew alpine house Jamesbritennia Gorgeous cyclamen rohlfsianum foliage And outside, some little anemone

If you like the Shipping Forecast on Radio Four, tune in to this morning’s version in the style of Jane Austen. 7.26 to 7.28, the time.

What lovely fat chapppies