Blooming

Posted on July 26, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blooming, Flowers, Gardening, Life, Mediterranean, Plants, Raining, Weather, Wet, wildfires2 Comments

Well the plants are getting well watered by the rain that has poured down here from the start of July after a hot June.

I wish I could send some of this rain south East towards the Mediterranean and its Islands. Plus Portugal and North Africa where there have been more wildfires. People have died. Meanwhile we are dripping wet.

I’m not complaining, as things go I prefer a cooler summer but I’m not sure how the climate will change in the future. We has grass fires here last year…. I would like to think if we can get our act together climate disaster can be avoided

Wet cat!

Posted on July 26, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Life, like an otter, Poem, Poetry, Raining, Soaked, sopping wet, Wet2 Comments

He’s just come in

Soaking wet

Sopping, dripping

Like an otter

His coat sparkles

With water droplets

Now a wash, licking up

A bowl of water almost

In his coat.

How long will his tongue

Take to towel himself dry?

Forecast

Posted on July 15, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cold, expectations, Poem, Poetry, precipitation, Rain, Shine, Warm, Water, Weather, Wet, whether, Wind2 Comments

Tomorrow will be cool,

or not

It will be wet, 40%,

Or not?

Wind and rain

Or sunshine again?

We can say with clarity

There will be weather

But we don’t know

Whether

It will be fine

Or rain will make

The pavements shine!

Precipitation!

Be alert….

Rode hall today

Posted on May 5, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bluebells, Cold, Hail, Lightning, Rain, Rode hall, Soaked, Thunderstorm, Upset, Walk, Wet2 Comments

We went to see the bluebell walk at Rode hall today but stopped to talk to a lady that was very upset and distressed about something.

As we were chatting to her we all got caught in a thunderstorm with hail and heavy rain. We got soaked and decided to abandon the walk. Thankfully I had a discussion with someone from the hall and we can go back on Sunday. Above are pre bluebell walk photos with lowering dark clouds.

The hall is off the A34 between Scholar Green and Rode Heath:

Rode Hall, Church Ln, Scholar Green, Stoke-on-Trent ST7 3QP

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!

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…..

Varnish!

Posted on September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Annoying, Fine Art, flaky paint, Hair, Paint, Painting, Varnish, Wet4 Comments

Argh! I started putting eyelets on the back of my paintings and the paint started to flake off! I don’t know why, but I think because it’s a different type of canvas. So I repainted the patches where it came off. Then I had the ‘brilliant’ idea to varnish it.

First get the top off the varnish bottle. It’s one of those push down and twist types. That took half an hour. Then paint it on. But one of my hairs fell on it! I tried to lift off the hair and the paint flaked again. So, a few more dabs of paint mixed in with the varnish. It was due in today. It might not get there! And I’m left with gummy hands.

Garden in sunshine

Posted on August 28, 2022August 28, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Colours, Garden, Gardening, Growth, Heat, Humid, Moist, Plants, Summer, Water, WetLeave a comment

A less blurry shot of the yard. People asked me why its not as dried out? I think we have a microclimate. The yard is enclosed by bushes and the houses. The sun comes round in the afternoon but doesn’t stay on it for too long because we are on the ‘wrong’ side of the hill so it gets shady at East an hour before sunset. I also think because there’s a wall and we cram plants together everything stays moist. I have trouble drying my washing because it gets quite humid. Also because I put one hanging basket under another when one gets watered it flows through to the bottom one. And as they are underneath they are a bit more protected from the hot sunshine. Each pot has a bowl or a saucer underneath to catch and keep the water and I make sure each pot has crocks or broken polystyrene in them so the roots don’t get swamped.

It might rain

Posted on June 30, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Brown, Clouds, Cold, Grey, Hail, Rain, Sky, Summer, Sunset, Thunderstorms, Weather, WetLeave a comment

The skies gone a dirty grey brown colour and the forecast is for heavy rain showers or even thunderstorms. The sun won’t be setting for at least another hour, but as they say round here ‘its gone dark over Bill’s mums!’ in other words it’s going to rain soon! In fact as I write this I can hear raindrops drumming against the window. It did try and hail earlier on and there were little grains of ice on the car windscreen.

Wet cat

Posted on June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Forecast, Hail, Rain, Snow, Sun, Tuxedo cat, Weather, Wet, Wet cat, WindLeave a comment

Like a stone hung from a chain, I can tell the weather by our cat.

Wet cat, it’s raining

Cat looks white, snowing

Cat covered in white dots? Hailing

Cat hot to the touch? Sunny

Cat in a cloud? Foggy

Cat with hair on end? Windy or angry!

OK, silly post! I wrote it because the cat just came in and he’s as wet as an otter in a stream (exaggeration)! ❤️

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Wet