Grey.

There was the merest hint of a sunrise amongst the grey clouds as I drove to work early this morning. It stayed grey all day with the occasional drizzle but the proper rain held off until the evening.

Apart from (quite) a few stressful moments with a child with behaviour difficulties it's been a fun day doing art activities with a Year 2 class. A print maker who is also a local teacher brought in her printing press and worked with groups of my children in the morning. Their topic is Antarctica so other children made penguins and I worked with children making collages using a photo of some pack ice as an inspiration. I had my usual fun and games with the IT system trying to print out that picture. First of all the teacher's lap-top refused to connect to the internet at all. Then I got through using one of the children's lap-tops, found the photo but it wouldn't print because of the school's filter. I found my way round that and after a few tries got the photo printed in the class. (The staffroom system couldn't print out because the photocopier there which doubles as a printer was on strike.) The children made some fairly interesting collages and tomorrow they will work in small groups using pencils and the same photo as a starting point.
This evening I've made some chocolate biscuits for Peter to take to work tomorrow. A Friday treat.