Unusual conditions at Tractie yesterday. We haven’t had this much cold and snow for ages. Great opportunity to take the camera for a walk. All kinds of tracks – tyres, birds, footsteps, mice. The snow acts as a kind of ledger, retaining traces of all movements that happened in the past two or three days.

Where we think this is a real winter, the willow trees don’t care. The catkins are unfolding their soft, soft, furry skins – so there must be spring in our future somehow. Can’t wait!