photo: Richard Harris

More proof of how incredibly late Spring is this year: normally the wisteria blooms by the middle of April.

photo: Richard Harris

Here's a new poster for a movement I've posted on before: everyone is assked to eat vegetarian food on Thursday. This is supposed to reduce the demand for meat which in turn will reduce greenhouse gasses and other pollution. According to their figures everyone in the world not eating meat one day per week makes a huge reduction.

photo: Richard Harris

Finally, finally, finally. It was 22°C yesterday, a balmy, sunny day. Since Spring weather is about a month late it wasn't a moment too soon. Now, if the trees could just leaf as quickly as possible...

photo: Richard Harris

Here it is March 24th and presto: Another snow storm. Unheard of. The coldest March in Belgium since 1873!

Update: We actually have lucked out compared to the UK: we had one day of snow they are on their fourth day in a row.

UV lights have been installed in the Leopold II tunnel in Brussels to combat air pollution.
Using a technique known as photocatalysis, the UV lamps work with the cement newly applied to the walls of the tunnel over a length of 160 metres. Particles of titanium dioxide (TiO2) in the cement are able, in the presence of UV light, to react with pollutants in the air, principally the oxides of nitrogen known collectively as NOx, rendering them relatively harmless. This is a test project, which if satisfactory will be extended to other Brussels tunnels