First Daff Day

January 16th was Rowan's birthday. First time she has been away from us. It was also First Daff Day, which was a nice compensation. Previous years have been,
2006 Feb 5
2007 Jan 14
2008 Jan 6
2009 Jan 24
2010 March 20
2011 Feb 26
2012 Jan 23
2013 Feb 2
2014 Feb 23
2015 Jan 16
so this is about average. We actually had a dusting of snow on Monday for a day, but it is still proving to be a mild winter again ... flw

The Ouse got a bit flooded last week. It had not rained a lot here in York, but it had poured down over the Dales and all the water from the Dales comes down here.