My camera has languished untouched for months.

Aside from the snowfall of December, inspiration has proved elusive and induced the longest pictorial hiatus.

Until just now, this moment, when I turned from my desk/jail and caught the late afternoon sun glinting off the fire-place.

There. In that micro-frame was my inspiration:

I wish I could capture all seasons with as much gusto as summer, but I have great difficulty perceiving beauty in the grey, the damp and the moribund.

Give me blue skies, vibrant buildings and I am ready.

Today the temperature hit double figures: a dizzying 13*C.

I am hopeful – spring is around the corner and then… summer