Swanning around

A domestic day today, lots of pedalling going on beneath the serene surface as I glide through food planning, hoovering and onto ironing, finishing with dog training.

This beautiful, serene swan seemed like an apt picture. It's on an antique cupboard we've had for decades and which I've always loved. I feel calling this sort of furniture 'brown' is so disparaging and an insult to the wonderful craftsmanship of times past. We should be embracing it still, not chopping down more trees unnecessarily.

A nice morning, if windy, but it deteriorated this afternoon to more lashing rain with the occasional frozen bit in it. Not pleasant at all and I'm rather thankful my jobs were indoors ones!