Seasons watch

Had the first taste of sunnier times yesterday and I really liked it!  First inkling was children coming in at lunchtime to take off their coats.  And then I had PPA in the afternoon and was going back and forth to the Juniors and was having to shade my eyes and realised I wasn't needing my coat and the brightness actually had some heat with it.  I was sat in the Juniors staffroom and really feeling like I was beginning to roast in the greenhouse effect of the room.

I'd been thinking recently about warmer times, but when you're in the midst of the cold I find it really hard to imagine and really feel it.  But with yesterday I felt I was really whisked there and am looking forward to it.  There were lots of great warm times last spring that I think I shall record now to as happy days.

March 2009 - Southampton Common.  Spring Times.  This was in the middle of SBT2.  My placement partner and I even spent some after school planning meetings on the common.

April on the common.  This was an amazing week of sun - it was one of those moments when you can fool yourself that it will be like this until about September!  Although it wasn't quite, we sure made the most of it  while it was there.



By the end of the school day yesterday it was raining again and I have just heard on the radio that there will be another cold snap next week with potential snow.  But I have had the glimpse :-)

Also last night, when I got back home it was still light enough for me to look up at the tree where the bird was screeching again.  And I identified it as far a black bird, possibly a blackbird!