Standard Fushias

Posted on December 22, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cold, Flowers, Fushias, Gardening, Mid december, Outdoor plants, Standard Fushias, Stoke-on-Trent, Weather, WinterLeave a comment

Outside Portmeirion pottery shop in Stoke. Standard Fushias are still in flower on 23.12.20,some of the leaves are looking a bit sad, but it’s testament to how warm it has been over the few months. My hubby found a ladybird on him last night after he had come in out of the garden. I dropped it off in a flowerpot so it would have somewhere to shelter.

The crazy temperatures that global warming is causing mean that things are staying in flower longer, but there are not many insects around to pollenate them. I pray humanity does work to regulate the worlds temperatures.

Hanging around…

Posted on December 20, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Amazing, Gardening, Hanging basket, Life, Mild winter, Photo, Plants, Surviving, WeatherLeave a comment

Looking out of the kitchen window and the hanging basket I have taken photos of over the months is still surviving. A lot of the flowers have gone. There are still five or six different plants with flowers on them. The other hanging baskets are wilting. But it’s almost the shortest day (tomorrow) how is it coping!? If we ever get a cold night or snow it might die back. In any case I will post again if it’s still going.

Cygnets

Posted on December 14, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cygnets, Environment, Life, Nature, Photo, Swans, Weather, Wet, White, Wikdlife, Wildfowl, Wind2 Comments

When do Cygnets become Swans? When their feathers turn white. We saw this one swimming up the canal yesterday. It had its wings slightly up and the wind was pushing it along like a small sailing boat. Every couple of seconds it’s legs sculled the water, giving it a little buoyant push along. When it saw me trying to get my camera out of my pocket it headed towards me. But sadly I had no food for it. If we walk that way again I will take some food along with me. As we walked along we saw two more and two adults. I don’t see too much wildlife in the city so this was a pleasure.

Looking up

Posted on December 7, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blanket, Cold, Cold enough to snow, Grey, Orange, Sky, Snow, Weather, Writing2 Comments

Looking up I see a grey orange sky. That grey that foretells either snow or fog. Mist wraps round trees, swirls of cold wet air netting the world in damp chills. How many spiders webs are covered in dew? Frost builds and creaks, snapping and wilting late flowers. Will it snow? Will the World be silenced? Snuffed under white goose down…. And will it happen before Christmas?

Cold night

Posted on December 5, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Chill, Cold, Cold night, Description, Freezing, Snow, Thought, Weather, WinterLeave a comment

Will there be frost? It certainly feels like it. The sky has cleared and the damp air seems to be clamping down on the world tonight.

The chill from outside has sneaked in here. I opened the back door to let the cat out and a whole cold layer of air has run like a river through the house. My top half is warm but my knees and feet are cold.

It’s snowing around the country but I think its just going to freeze here tonight….

Have you heard of ‘Thunder Snow’?

Posted on December 5, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cold, Digital drawing, Edinburgh, Lightening, Snow, Thunder, Thunder snow, Weather2 Comments

No? Neither had I.

But in Edinburgh yesterday they got it! Basically it was a thunderstorm but because it was so cold there was snow instead of rain. The descriptions were that the lightening was brighter then normal (the whiteness of the snow made the light reflect more brilliantly). The thunder sounded like an explosion (muffled by the snow and clouds). Some people even rang the emergency services. Apparently its a rare phenomena but not unknown.

The sun shone eventually…

Posted on November 19, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Clouds, Cold, East, Leaves, Photo, Rain, Sky, Upstairs, View, Weather12 Comments

Looking out of the window this afternoon, the sun came out and the sky cleared. Much more sparkle than my drawing first thing in the morning. Soon the view will clear further when the trees shed the rest of their leaves. Mind you, the rate the ivy is climbing up the wall the window might be covered over!

Tonight is meant to be very cold and the outdoor cat won’t come in, he’s busy running round the garden, but he’s got a warm bed in the shed. Tomorrow it’s due to rain again… No more blue sky….

Today’s prompt is Sky

Posted on November 19, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Dawn, East, Garden, Grey clouds, Holly, Sky, View, Walnut, Weather, Willow2 Comments

Got up just before 7 to draw a magnificent dawn? It was still gloomy when I started and because of the low cloud it got lighter, but no sign of the sun!

This is the view east of the house. Willow Bush still in leaf but turning yellow, beyond that the rooves of the shops on the main road and the skeleton of a new building that stopped growing in March. The telephone pole, the Walnut tree we planted twenty five years ago and a Holly Bush below the willow. Used a calligraphy black ink pen and Spectrum Noir metallic coloured pencils. Took about twenty minutes in semi darkness.

Heavy cloud

Posted on November 18, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Clear sky, Grey cloud, Overcast, Rain, Sky, Sunshine, View, Weather, WindLeave a comment

It went really dark earlier on. Heavy dark grey clouds heading this way, overwhelming the sun. Later a golden ray of sunshine snuck underneath the layer as the sun started to set. The wind was blowing strongly for a few hours but this has now settled. If the sky clears it will get cold as the wind is blowing from the North East.

Why are we so bothered by weather here? Because its almost always changing. You can buy postcards that say if you can see the view wait half an hour and it will rain, and if you can’t see the view it’s already raining!

Blow wind

Posted on November 17, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Colours, Leaves, November, Poem, Poetry, Roads, Water, Weather, Wind, WoodsLeave a comment

Make leaves fly

Scattered colours

Sky high

Fallen mounds

Of cold dry leaves

Kicked up and scattered

In November chills

Ice and water

Rain and gales

Scattered colours

Dancing swirls.

In the woods

Over hills,

Along the roads

Spreading far and wide.

Mallaband-Brown

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