In these arctic blasts.........

.........cranked the central heating up to a tropical 21* ("very  well Mr Cratchet , one  more coal on the fire ...... but ONE only " !! ) and sat watching the TV  last night. 
 Seeing ,with satisfaction ,the icicles that festoon my living room slowly melt  :-)
But there was a price to pay for my toasted fingers and toes !
This little tortoiseshell butterfly ,who had been fast asleep, hibernating in a frigid cool dark corner ,must have woken up in the unaccustomed sauna and set off in search of sunshine :-O
Well , we could all have told her that was a waste of time........we have been searching for a glimmer of sun for weeks !!
So she settled for the next best thing ;the glow of my wall light .
This morning she is nowhere to be seen ,but I hope she has found a cool dark place to  once again fall asleep and conserve her energy :-)