Today is Imbolc, the pagan festival of light. It's also the festival day of the Goddess Bride, who presides over poetry and midwifery, so it's rather appropriate that today our dog, Suki, decided she was going to have seven puppies!
Photos later as I haven't tried installing the Infra-red link for the phones yet.
In the meantime, here's the usual entry from Byzant Scriptorium.