Deceptive

I stared out of the window this morning and thought that there were some tiny green buds showing on the tree. On inspection of the image I find that the luxuriant green growth is in fact lichen, which seems to be doing away. The tiny pink things are the buds. The rain continued.

Spent most of the day marking, and keeping up with the news from Breadalbane St, from whence Arclight and Mr A had to leave their home in a hurry. Only minor injuries (to two of the firefighters) and it sounds like their flat is OK, but they're unlikely to get back in there before tomorrow.