Chilly.

The wind this morning was bitterly cold. I think this is the first time this winter that I've woken up and felt the bedroom was cold. We don't have the heating on overnight but I generally don't notice the cold that much. School always feels hot to me and most days I shed my cardigan or fleece as soon as I walk into a classroom. 

This morning I did the final adjustments and trimming to the new carpet (the different colour at the side is due to the light from the window not the carpet). It's a bit lighter than it looks in the photo and is an improvement on the badly marked sand coloured carpet that was in there. 

I had a second afternoon in reception helping a group of children make a castle together. Apart from the occasional suggestion my role was to tear off strips of masking tape for the children to use. As there were parents'  meetings for Year 2 and Reception in the afternoon and running on until 6.00 we didn't have an after school staff meeting and I got home shortly after 4.00.

I finished knitting my second pair of Middle Earth fingerless mittens a couple of evenings ago and today I tidied up all the loose ends. These are smaller than the first pair and fit me nicely. 

We've been seeing deer again in the field next door. While the light rump patches may scare off wild predators they do make the deer very visible to the human eye. This one heard me going up the drive to check the dams and bounced away springing over the clumps of grass.

 Rooks.