Springtime as advertised, up and down the old redbrick street. It's good to see so many contented faces, smiling above their wine glasses on the patios. Really and truly, it's so easy to break someone's heart, I'm surprised it isn't done more often as a kind of competitive sport. Not a bit of it today, not in the sunshine. In Dorset there is a very old sundial made of stone, and above it someone carved: Life is a Shadow. I keep it in mind when I take my Sunday strolls.