01/07/2010, 08:31
We haven't had it for some time, but the gardens will LOVE it!
Our reservoirs will benefit from its fallout!The dry dust of endless days of sunshine will be washed away by it!Yes, today the rain has returned. It isn't forecast to remain for more than a day, so a return to sunshine and warmth is to be hoped for.
Andy Murray is once again into the semi-finals of Wimbledon. I didn't watch. It's not that I don't want to watch, it's that I can't abide the commentary. Has-been so called tennis experts leave me cold. Their overpaid presence is something we could well do without, and has over recent years turned me off watching Wimbledon at all. Perhaps I should write to the BBC and ask for an addition to the red button- a commentary-free option for watching a match!
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25/06/2010, 08:28
This week took us beyond the summer marker, the longest day, and instead of gaining light, we're now moving towards the winter spectrum of losing a little every day.
It's been quite a month. Sunshine has favoured us daily and with intensity, something we've enjoyed and thrived upon. Spirits have been raised as each new dawn offers the opportunity to wear those summer clothes which most years remain hanging in wardrobes as rain and poor weather dampened.
Not so thus far this year.Long may it continue!
I'm aware that my blogging has been less than regular over the past month, and apologize to those who drop in to read my ramblings. Spending so much time on my computer, as I do, over the year, sometimes requires a break, especially when outdoor activities and friends are about more of the time.Needless to say we have been busy. Family history research and website work have been replaced by gardening and gadding and partying and beading and more gadding and more partying and weeding and more planting and more beading interspersed with walking and more walking and jaunts to here and jaunts to there.Since returning from London a month ago, time has passed in a flourish of activity.
Perhaps when July arrives things will quieten???
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09/06/2010, 18:46
The rain has stopped. The door is open again and warmer air is circulating. Plants have leaped by inches and we're just less than two weeks away from the longest day.Time is passing at pace.It does that when you're older. I don't remember time flying so fast when I was a youngster going to school, playing tennis, doing chores and finding minutes like hours to fill in so many different ways. Those were the days!!
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08/06/2010, 09:11
The Sunday night train from Glasgow to Oban lies precariously balanced over rail and road, courtesy of a landslide that caused rocks to fall onto the track and cause a derailment. Thankfully there were only a few minor casualties among the passengers, but it must have been a scarey moment or two when the train crashed, tumbled over and came to a stop lying on its side with flames leaping through the carriages. Rescue services were on the scene very quickly, as passengers were immediately disembarked by staff. The road and rail links to Oban by the most direct routes are now closed, causing diversions by hundreds of miles to locals and tourists alike. It may well be quite a while before any kind of service an be returned, after a full examination of the line and its environs have been made. The current level of rainfall after such a dry period will no doubt hamper the attempts to remove the carriages, but hopefully, after the line has been made safe, normal service will be resumed to this gateway to the islands of the west coast.
Rain, rain and more rain. At least the garden plants are enjoying this 'monsoon' weather, which seems set to remain for the remainder of the week. Now where did I put my rain jacket???
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06/06/2010, 09:13
Summer is here. We wait for it, moan about it NOT coming and when it DOES come we moan about it being too HOT!! Contrary we certainly are as far as weather is concerned.
At the moment it's cool. The sun is behind clouds,and Dougal and I are enjoying the lack of heat. Joan and Marshall are on their way to Carlisle, Joan to meet up with Kev and the girls, and Marsh to meet up with his pals before going back to school tomorrow. Keith and Brenda are in Carlisle tomorrow so hope to meet with Joan and Kev for lunch before they all go their separate ways.
Sooooooooooooo, Dougal and I are home alone and will hopefully enjoy a walk before it gets hot and a quiet day under the brolly once the sun comes out to try to melt us!
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