Braced!
Posted: Tuesday, 21 October 2008 |
Against the gale, that is. Hullo to anybody that `kens` me, ah`m back again, after a sojourn in no man`s land for a while.
Today we have a gale on Sanday. It`s the proper, dinnae gaun oot in it or it`ll blaw ye doon, kind.
My geese are walking backwards across the lawn in spite of, I`m sure, wanting to go forwards.
The ducks have hidden, flat to the ground, beaks under wings, huddled together. They could go in the barns, of course, but, well, `ducks to water`, y`know?
The hens have sensibly taken shelter in the barns. The perch up in the rafters pooping on any human daft enough to walk under them.
(Cough....don`t ask how I know such a thing)
Any vegetation in the garden is flattened by the winds, and we`ve had hail, sleet and driving rain at various times today, hail more than once and quite heavy an` all.
I was down at Kettletoft getting some shopping, when I opened the car door to get into it, (it was lashing down and blowing a hoolie) something blown by the wind clunked me in the heid! Eek....I have no idea what it was but I can feel the lump, and am only glad it wasn`t anything large enough to knock me out or draw blood...
mind you, I have a pretty thick skull....
In short, this has been a pretty rubbish October. I mind Octobers of late sunshine, Indian summers where I could be out in the garden, t shirt weather, `mists and mellow fruitfulness` kinda stuff.
Instead for the entire month it feels like..well no, it IS like!...we`ve had endless high winds and gales, rain and cold and now, hail and sleet.
Did somebody cancel summer and order winter early?
Can I shoot them?
Hunker down everyone, from the forecast, more is on the way.
Today we have a gale on Sanday. It`s the proper, dinnae gaun oot in it or it`ll blaw ye doon, kind.
My geese are walking backwards across the lawn in spite of, I`m sure, wanting to go forwards.
The ducks have hidden, flat to the ground, beaks under wings, huddled together. They could go in the barns, of course, but, well, `ducks to water`, y`know?
The hens have sensibly taken shelter in the barns. The perch up in the rafters pooping on any human daft enough to walk under them.
(Cough....don`t ask how I know such a thing)
Any vegetation in the garden is flattened by the winds, and we`ve had hail, sleet and driving rain at various times today, hail more than once and quite heavy an` all.
I was down at Kettletoft getting some shopping, when I opened the car door to get into it, (it was lashing down and blowing a hoolie) something blown by the wind clunked me in the heid! Eek....I have no idea what it was but I can feel the lump, and am only glad it wasn`t anything large enough to knock me out or draw blood...
mind you, I have a pretty thick skull....
In short, this has been a pretty rubbish October. I mind Octobers of late sunshine, Indian summers where I could be out in the garden, t shirt weather, `mists and mellow fruitfulness` kinda stuff.
Instead for the entire month it feels like..well no, it IS like!...we`ve had endless high winds and gales, rain and cold and now, hail and sleet.
Did somebody cancel summer and order winter early?
Can I shoot them?
Hunker down everyone, from the forecast, more is on the way.
Posted on Hermit Life at 17:26
Dum Dum Dum Dah, Dum Daaaaah!
Posted: Tuesday, 28 October 2008 |
Okies, that was me humming, `Happy Birthday To Meeee!` *big grin*
Yours truly is forty seven today! Eek.....
And I dinnae feel a day ower ninety, honest.....
Woke up this morning around four (curse you insomnia, grrrrr) to be greeted by, out the window, a scattering of snow and a frosting over the rose hedge and dried, crackling grasses.....
beautiful.
Now of course, the gales are back big time, the skies are a heady mix of slate and gold flashing, but the white is still scattered in pieces of patchwork across the landscape and it feels, looks and smacks of, winter.
And it`s ruddy freezing!
And I would kill for central heating.......
Hope a`body has a guid and bonny day...xxx
Yours truly is forty seven today! Eek.....
And I dinnae feel a day ower ninety, honest.....
Woke up this morning around four (curse you insomnia, grrrrr) to be greeted by, out the window, a scattering of snow and a frosting over the rose hedge and dried, crackling grasses.....
beautiful.
Now of course, the gales are back big time, the skies are a heady mix of slate and gold flashing, but the white is still scattered in pieces of patchwork across the landscape and it feels, looks and smacks of, winter.
And it`s ruddy freezing!
And I would kill for central heating.......
Hope a`body has a guid and bonny day...xxx
Posted on Hermit Life at 08:39
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