Snow's nearly gone ...

I meant to take my camera with me today and take some pictures of the snow, but typically I forgot. Of course now the snow's almost gone. So instead here's my message for the nation: Keep Calm and Carry On. Listening to the news could almost induce a panic attack. Everyone's either angry or upset about - well you name it, they're complaining about it. As a country we need to stop carping, stop being so downbeat, stop talking ourselves into an even deeper recession than we're in right now. Let's keep calm and carry on. Chins up, best foot forward. Let's break out the cliches and look for that proverbial silver lining. We could all do a lot worse than make a belated New Year's resolution to count our blessings one by one ...