Summer arrived last week, briefly. Then went into hiding again when the long weekend brought with it rain, hail and overcast skies. I actually walked to work without my coat for a couple of days last week - the first time this year. I'm wrapped back up in it today though. I'm not keen on heat, so a short delay before summer kicks off properly is not unwelcome.

During the short sunny spell, I found a clump of dandelions that had erupted into seed quite early. I managed to capture this one before it released its progeny into the wind.

The various news agencies are making it difficult to forget that the UK general election is just around the corner. A further reminder came in the form of this sight that greeted me when I arrived home this evening...

It's the tarmac beneath the mailboxes for the complex of flats in which I reside (the mailboxes themselves are on a wall just to the left of the picture). Every other political party has managed to deliver their bits and pieces properly. Even the parties that individually addressed their campaign material (which therefore required sorting on delivery) put each letter into the correct mailbox. It's not as if the UKIP representatives placed one in each mailbox and then accidentally dropped a few. The mailboxes were all empty; they couldn't be bothered to make the effort and just dumped a pile on the floor. If a party doesn't care enough to accomplish even this simple task, I don't really see how they expect me to believe that they are capable of running a country. Of course, some UKIP critics may argue that the leaflets have indeed been delivered correctly and that they're where they belong... Only a few more days and then the country will become a little less crazy again.