What a difference a year makes

Well the sun is out the sky is blue there's not a cloud...and all that,but the ground is frozen solid and there is a thin layer of ice over the pond.This time last year in the week leading up to the 11th we had laid 70sq meters of turf,planted a whole army of bulbs and bedding plants (most of which were then eaten by the rabbit through out the summer)and the garden was a wash with the yellow glow of Daffy's.
Right now my poor feet are still in woolly socks and the fish are staying very near the bottom of the pond,I'm sure one day soon i will be able to sit in the garden with a cool glass of something nice,but right now that feels a long way off.