An amazing amount of snow on Sunday (which has me on a wild goose chase skidding from shop to shop looking for an elusive sledge – most of which had been sold out to more organised parents presumably) led me to take this picture from the car today. It was an experiment to see how the iPhone camera dealt with looking the sun right in the eye (something I teach my kids to do when they shake hands with anyone).

It’s also a salient reminder of just how beautiful this world really is.