Dream of Queen Anne's Lace

An umbel of Queen Anne's Lace is glowing in the smooth light of a warm summer afternoon ... what a simple but wonderful pleasure! Another view of the scenery can be found here.



I remember this moment while the current winter has established its own record here in Germany: there have been less than 60 hours of sunshine between the end of December and today - the lowest value ever since the recordings started in the 1950s, and only half of the long-term mean value of sunshine during these months.