In the Dark

So here I am, back on campus at Maynooth University, for the first time in 2026. I took a longer route than usual to my office this morning as I thought the South Campus would look pretty with all the frost around, as indeed it was:

The temperature was well below freezing last night. Today was refuse collection day and I happened to see the crew empty my bins first thing. They struggled to do so as the lids were frozen down. I think there might be a bit of a thaw during the day, but the forecast is that the temperature will barely make it above zero and there’ll be more frost tonight. No snow is forecast for Maynooth.

I topped up the bird feeders in my garden before I left for work. On Saturday I bought a new feeder designed for smaller and nimbler birds; since then there have been several blue tits and various finches using it. I’ve got nothing against the larger birds, but they do tend to hog the other feeders. I suppose it won’t be long until crows try to wreck the new one, but for the time being it’s intact.

Anyway, I have to prepare a revision lecture for this afternoon so ahead of that I need to do a bit of revision myself…

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