Foggy day

Posted on November 28, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged cold and damp, Digital drawing, Driving, Fog, low cloud, Mist, Sunset, WeatherLeave a comment

It is foggy today, the mist started this afternoon, a cloud coming down low, covering the sun as it set. Blurring and shadowing the skies colours. Now it is more dense, I drove up our hill and the lampposts disappeared, like white smoke was hiding them. It was hard to see through the fog, obstacles hidden until you were almost on top of them. There’s a set of traffic cones half way up our hill where a car partially knocked a wall down. I didn’t see it on the way up! I came home along a different road to avoid it.

Wild

Posted on November 25, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Animals, Frogs, Life, Meditation, Nature, Poem, Poetry, toads, Water, Weather, Westport lakeLeave a comment

Wild birds

Wild land

Flowers and sedges

Bullrushes

Frogs and toads

Dragonflies

Watery world

Weathered fences

Water voles swim

A meditation on Westport Lake

Rain and more rain

Posted on November 21, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Bug, Cold, Forecast, Rain, Scotland, Sore throat, Tired, Water, Weather, Wet, WinterLeave a comment

It hasn’t stopped raining for the last two days, places in Scotland have had as much rain in a day as they usually have in a month. I’ve kept inside and kept my sore throat and sniffles to myself. I think the weather has bought the bad bugs out. Plus with travelling last week I’ve probably come into contact with other people who have had colds. I did a lateral flow test this morning that was negative, but instead of my usual poor sleep I’ve been totally exhausted. Anyway at this rate I’ll be building an ark!

Cold, will it snow?

Posted on November 20, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cold, Cop27, Frost, Gardening, global warming, Heat, Heating, Life, Snow, Trees, Weather, Weather forecastLeave a comment

The skies have cleared and the rain has stopped, the temperature has fallen without the clouds holding the warmth in. In some places its due to be foggy and frosty. November had been unseasonably warm. My hanging baskets have literally hung on, with flowers and leaves surviving and the odd bee bumbling around. Now though I’ve actually put the heating on, I also had the oven on to cook yes (might as well heat the house and cook food at the same time.

A national newspaper has reported we should be having six inches of snow, but the real weather forecast is for the temperature to rise again slightly.

In amidst all of this the Ecological Cop27 meeting has just gone back on some of its resolutions to reduce global warming. Major oil and gas producers have pushed for natural gas not to be treated as a greenhouse gas! I’m not sure of the whole story as I only heard a bit on the news, but I think it’s despicable that vested interests can be allowed to harm humanities future because they want their profits.

In the meantime I will continue to plant trees and try and do my bit to reduce my carbon footprint.

Mares tails

Posted on November 19, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Beauty, Blue, Hair, manes, Mares tails, Poem, Poetry, Rain, Sky, subtle, WeatherLeave a comment

Mares tails over head

Flying out across the sky

Fluttering, fraying

Splitting and plaited

Spreading across the blue

Mares tails, mares manes,

Weather vanes

Foretelling Rain.

Driving in fog

Posted on November 14, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Chill, Cold, Damp, dank, Dog, Fog, huge animal, November, Poem, Poetry, Weather, WetLeave a comment

I drove up into fog

Cloud coming down to greet me

November fog and mist banks.

Cold dank cloud

Overall grim and frightening

One huge hound

At the side of the road

Waiting to pounce

If you slow down…..

November tomatoes

Posted on November 9, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Climate change, Food, Gardening, Growing, November, Plants, Tomatoes, WeatherLeave a comment

On a tomato plant at the back of the yard. Eight tomatoes in November. We have eaten four but we are waiting for the rest to ripen. But it’s NOVEMBER! How on earth have they lasted this long.

Tomorrow the weather forecast is for temperatures of 19°C. That’s about 8°C above normal. The COP 27 Climate change conference just discussed trying to keep temperatures from going above 1.5°C higher than before the industrial revolution. Only a small rise, but enough to cause damage and disaster. So what? Flooding in costal cities across the world, dangerous increases in the ferocity of hurricanes, tornados and typhoons. Melting icecaps and glaciers. We must all try and do something about it.

Sunset

Posted on November 1, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Clear sky, Clouds, High pressure, Life, Low pressure, Meteor shower, Sky, Sunset, WeatherLeave a comment

It’s cloudy again tonight, any sunlight has been stifled by cloud. I’m looking forward to a good, colourful sunset. But if we get that it means we need high pressure and less clouds. That means the sky will clear and heat will be lost so we will get colder weather and frosts. At the moment we are getting gusty winds from the south and scattered heavy showers. It’s knocking the old leaves off the trees. I hope it does clear up, apparently the Taurid meteor shower is due.

Anyway when did this blog turn into a weather forecast? Hmm, must think of something else x

Passion flower

Posted on October 31, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Britain, Centigrade, Garden Centre, Gardening, Life, Passion flower, Plant, Warm, Weather2 Comments

Yesterday in a garden centre, at the end of October we found this passion flower still in bloom. Its amazing how warm it has been over the last few weeks in Britain. Lasr week it was about 23° Centigrade in London and 19°s where we live. About 5 or 7° higher than usual. In some ways that’s good because we haven’t needed to put the heating on much. But it is unnatural. Apparently every month this year has been hotter than previous ones. Animals are not getting ready to hibernate, will they have enough food or energy to survive if the winter gets very cold. Who knows, it’s worrying.

Autumn leaves

Posted on October 26, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Atmosphere, Autumn, Harvest, Life, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Summer, verses, Weather2 Comments

Autumn leaves leave the trees, wind blows and bowls them along the gutters. They flutter madly, sadly the end of summer edges away.

Sunshine strikes through low, dark grey clouds. Holds my eye as light streams by. Sky shimmers blue, high domed hue. Birds are leaving, wings weaving across the air.

Full of delicious fruit, trees reveal their loot of apples, pears, and sweet chestnuts fair. Mists and frosts, with mushrooms and toadstools found in field and woods.

Nature’s good, it gives and takes. It feeds at harvest time, crops gathered in, the end of summer win. And all the time, those leaves spin.

Mallaband-Brown

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