I've not done much photography (except for cats) as the weather has been poor. For a start we only just dipped below zero between Christmas and New Year, so have had very little snow cover. The ice has been omnipresent and I am much appreciating the spiked shoes I bought a couple of years ago. The birds were really late leaving and I am sure I heard greenfinches in the back yard area yesterday.
Persistent cloud has stopped any hope of watching revontulet; so far this is all I have seen this winter.

I have much appreciated having a long winter break - over two weeks off work. It's been a great time to get a few things done, even starting some studying to get more qualifications together in order to be elegible, eventually for a permanent job here. In the UK it seems there are many ways to qualify to teach at secondary level across a range of subjects here you have to have a standard much higher (Masters level in specified subjects). I wonder if there'd be any science teachers in England if the same standards applied.