Remembering spring

Posted on November 15, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cold, Fun, Life, Pantomime, Spring, Theatre, Warmth, Weather, WinterLeave a comment

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As we sink slowly into Northern Winter, I thought I would post a picture of the spring earlier this year. The buds were starting to burst, the flowers were opening on rhododendrons. The sky was a warm blue, not the cold, grey, scudding clouds of today.

Warmer evenings, longer days… I can’t wait! I don’t want to make time rush by, but please, don’t let it be a long, cold, harsh winter. We already have flooding in South Yorkshire and parts of the South Midlands where towns like Fishlake have been inundated.

Our local pantomime is on in February, just when winter is starting to get really annoying. We are doing Aladdin this time. I’ve got a small part in it. Hopefully I won’t be falling over while I try to dance!

Snow

Posted on November 7, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1960's, Cold, Life, Memories, Remembering, Snow, Thinking, Thought, Weather6 Comments

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Snow, I’m sitting here wondering if it will or won’t. It tried to earlier on, little ice crystal shaped flecks melting on my windscreen.

So cold and chilly, even with the heating on. We don’t use our gas fire any more because it’s too old. The gas central heating boiler is due to be serviced in the morning.

Snow doesn’t happen much these days. If it does its usually in the new year for a few days. Not months like in the early 1960’s when there was snow on the ground in Britain for more than three months. When the drifts in country lanes were so deep children had to walk across fields to get to school. My hubby remembers that. When milk froze in milk bottles at school and pushed the silver lids up and off.

I remember walking to school and the snow over topped my wellies and soaked my stockinged feet. In fact I haven’t had to wear wellies (Wellington boots) for years. I miss my old blue wellies in the snow. I miss pretending to track people by looking at the tracks their shoes made….

Day four

Posted on November 4, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Barometer, Drawing, November 4th circular drawing, Poem, Poetry, WeatherLeave a comment

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Barometer indicated rain,

Yesterday, today, tomorrow..

Will it indicate flood soon?

Or fog.

Steam from streams?

Snow to blow across the earth.

Barometer shows

When North wind blows.

Sleep now, there may be Sun,

Tomorrow.

Barometer reading

Posted on November 2, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Barometer, Cold, Experiment, fair weather, Heat, High pressure, Life, Low pressure, Rain, Science, Technology, WeatherLeave a comment

My barometer pressures have dropped from about 1010 yesterday to 970 on my traditional barometer and 959 on my electric weather station. There is always a discrepancy of about 10 (millimeters of Mercury?) between the two.

What is ‘pressure’. Pressure is air pressure, the weight of the air pressing down on us from the top of the atmosphere downwards.

The guage on the traditional barometer has gone from fair (gold pointer) to rain with the black pointer.

How is pressure measured? One ‘bar’ of pressure is the average air pressure at sea level. It’s also measured in millimetres of Mercury. There was a historical experiment to find out about the air pressure. The experimenters put a tube of mercury upside down in a glass dish. This can leave a vacuum in the top of the tube. If you have the tube and dish at sea level the Mercury will be at a lowed level in the dish. This is because a larger weight of atmosphere is pressing down. Go up a mountain and the level in the dish will rise, because the air pressure up there is lower (less depth of atmosphere).

There is lots of information on sites like Wikipedia about air pressure. They probably describe how the air circulating in the atmosphere causes areas of low and high pressure. The weather is also influenced by the sea and its temperatures and the heating of the Earth’s surface by the sun.

Memories

Posted on October 27, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged August, Boats, Memory, Miniature railway, Narrow gauge, Rudyard lake, Staffordshire moorlands, Summer, Sunshine, Travel, WeatherLeave a comment

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Heat, sunlight, memories of warmth. Memories of the lake and the little narrow gauge (miniature?) railway that runs along side it. I think it’s 18 inch gauge.

The lake surface was very smooth apart from ripples caused by a few rowing boats. We had sandwiches and ice creams at the cafe and caught the train there and back to see how far it was (one of my Dad’s phrases).

I miss the sunlight and the warmth. It’s only two months ago and it’s literally freezing outside tonight. We had frost this morning…. Let me go back into my memories, time travel, back, to summer.

Today’s one inch challenge drawing

Posted on October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1" challenge, Art, Black and white, Drawing, Image, Lion, Rain, Sketch, Sketching, Weather2 Comments

It’s very wet outside, so I’ve done my 1″ challenge sketch for the day. I’ve just drawn a picture of a painting of a lion I’m doing. It’s a work in progress. (progressing slowly). I’ve got lots to do, but I’m not in the mood. I think the weather is getting me down!

Sitting listening…

Posted on October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1"challenge, Art, Blogging, Books, Gardening, Grey, Hat, Hedge cutting, Life, Shears, Urban sketch, WeatherLeave a comment

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It’s quite cool today, so after going out for lunch, then coming back and doing a bit of gardening I’ve come into the relative warm (about 18.5°C) and I’m sitting listening to the Radio.

I’ve decided to try and keep the heating off as much as I can. It’s getting expensive and it’s not that cold yet.

It’s grey and showery outside. We had to cut the hedge back because our neighbours need access on the path round to their back yard and it runs past our garden. The trouble is one set of shears handle is coming loose and is held on with gaffer tape! When you cut branches with them they bend inwards so you can’t always get a good purchase on the twigs.

So anyway, the hat in the drawing was given to me by a friend when it was raining last week. I meant to take it back but forgot. Just dumped it on the pile of books by the front door.

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