We have a new mattress. A new bed shop opened in Helsby this year and that prompted us to take the plunge and hopefully get a better night's sleep. It arrived today and I've just made up the bed with my favourite bedlinen - doesn't it look inviting? It has a layer of memory foam on it which feels pretty blissful. I nearly nodded off in the shop.

The weather is awful: I was hoping to do some work in the garden but it's just not possible. I did move a broken pot (victim of the icy weather - RIP my lovely pot-pond!) using the broken pieces as decoration in the borders. It's nice to see a few bulbs coming up and signs of life in some parts of the garden but in general the view is fairly depressing.

I am going to make a real effort to take more photos for pleasure - I'm basically only using the camera for work right now and that's a shame.