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After spending most of the week in bed, Lazarus fi… via Bipolar Mo December 7th, 2006 at 15:03

After spending most of the week in bed, Lazarus finally rose from the dead today. I got up, had a long soak in the bath, shaved, dressed and was soon ready to face the world… well not quite… but I was ready to face a walk alone in the woods.The leaves have all but gone from the branches now, but as one cycle ends another begins.All around the forest floor the first snowdrops are beginning to shoot. Soon they will be everywhere, it’s the abundance of spring flowers here that gives this woodland it’s name… Springwood.Once through the woods I made my way along the River Teviot which was running high and dirty. Just a few seconds after I took this photo, a brilliant flash of electric blue shot out of the bank and across the water, the first kingfisher I have seen for ages. I carried...