Mild And Warm

 The weather is mild, the sun is up, there's a veil of thin gauzy cloud across much of the sky. February isn't such an unkind month down here on the south coast. Every day I check the daffodils at the bottom of the garden; they're not far from blooming. 

I was chatting to a young man who knocked on the door to raise funds for a local charity. He's a Londoner, African heritage, first name Italian, surname Welsh; I liked him so I signed up. He said he was thinking of moving to the coast. I encouraged him. "Sunniest spot in Britain," I said.

I never miss a chance to talk up my home town.