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Golden days

I’ve been rubbish at blogging lately. I don’t think it’s any coincidence though that it’s been the best summer we’ve had for about seven years. Bright, blazing, beautiful days, gold and green, under vast skies, the bluest you’ve ever seen, fading into … Continue reading

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Flaming June

Flaming Nora, more like – what’s this weather about?? A friend of mine said last week at least it was sunny (that day) but I’d rather have no sun and no fecking gale force winds than both! There have been some … Continue reading

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The darling buds of May

They’ve definitely been shaken by some rough winds so far, it’s been freezing! Nice this afternoon, but there’s talk of, guess what, “high winds” again by next weekend. Hurrah. It’s also been so flat-out, I can’t even think about posting … Continue reading

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About time

Finally! What a beautiful afternoon. After a horrendous Saturday, of driving rain, wind and cold, and a miserable start to today, the end of the day was lovely; we seem almost to have skipped the spring-that-wasn’t and ended up with … Continue reading

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Easter

This is the view that greeted me on Easter Sunday: But I’m not going to complain about the weather because I do it all the time – and today, this afternoon in particular, was much more like it 🙂 And … Continue reading

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Friday

I know, it’s a rubbish title. But it is, indubitably, Friday. (Saturday tomorrow, fact fans). Like any other week, it’s been a mixture of work-type shenanigans and horse-related malarkies. And like every other week this March, it’s been like this: Literally … Continue reading

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A few things to mention

First of all, I spoke too soon in my last post. It’s fecking freezing, the Beast from the East wind is back and it’s snowing. So that’s nice. Secondly, and something better, is the belated announcing of the winner of … Continue reading

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The north wind doth blow, and we shall have snow

And what will the robin do then, poor thing? Well he wasn’t sitting in a barn “hiding his head under his wing”… He was taking his life in his hands, pecking round under THWWN’s feet. And I think it’s fair to … Continue reading

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Gale force

I woke up at about 4am on Sunday and was a little bit worried, thinking my house might actually fall over. Luckily it didn’t 🙂 The wind’s been fairly howling the last few days though and it’s matched what I’ve been doing; … Continue reading

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Hail fellow, well met

It was hailing today. It’s 11C, it’s also been alternating between gale-force winds and rain so heavy you can hardly see through it – and apparently, there’s the chance of ground frosts in northern areas tonight. And it’s July. Apparently, … Continue reading

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