Two hours of spring

The weather has been lovely, but our spirits have been subdued by some virus or other for the past few weeks. However, we hauled ourselves out of hibernation for a precious few hours of vitamin D intake this morning. Picnic, snow toys, and someone's thick thesis-to-review in hand, we walked to our favourite local park, where the kids entertained themselves for an unprecedented two hours as we sat on a bench and read. Smiles of satisfaction and gentle sunburns all-round.