We may be getting news reports today of yet more heavy rain and floods here in the UK but temperatures continue to be mild. Green growth is shooting through the ground. I took this photo in London yesterday. Daffodils are growing. And it's not just here. Back home in Sunniside in the North East of England, I have seen other shoots coming through. Think back a year and we were heading into a mini ice age that lasted until late April. Let's hope we don't have to live through that again, and let's hope we don't have to live again through a wet spring and summer similar to what we had in 2012.