Spring (summer?) in the UK

Today and tomorrow heralds the beginning of temperature reaching above 20 degree Celsius in the day in London. Its above my preferred range of 10-20 but hey I'm not complaining about the sunshine and long daylight hours (all the more to study with...or to aid trying at least). 

花見ることのために公園に行きたい。でも時間がないから、家へ帰ったときに小さい公園を入った。

Ideally I would have made a trip to a park like hyde park or regents to see all the new blooms, but since I haven't got the time to do so, decided to enter a small green space along the way home in bloomsbury. My obvious fixation with the lone pink tree in the compound:

Its just too gloriously outstanding even alone. Blue, pink and green (powerpuff girls colours) is such a nice combination.

Even the shrubs outside the window are starting to show their colours.

Departed from the usual potato mash cooking method by making a potato and leek gratin the other day. Probably would have tasted better with butter/cream etc but hey this light version with just milk and cheddar is great too! Just layer thinly sliced potatoes with stir-fried leeks and cheese, topped with milk in a gratin dish and oven for an hour or so.

Even a light jacket is too warm when the sun hits directly！

My fringe is inching towards a decent length finally gradually. (Can't pull off the above the eyebrow look.)

Ends random update さよなら！