The left over energy from Hurricane Irene has managed to reach our island country. Last night the velocity of the wind increased and the temperatures dropped. This morning the wind comes in great rolling gusts like ocean waves; battering, bending and pounding the trees, then rescinding into rippling, breeze-like gentleness. One minute I expect …
Autumn is evident in the air today, chilly, breezy, yet sunny. We might have a few showers this afternoon—as the United Kingdom often gets remnants of the storms that blow across from American, thanks to the jet stream. Autumn is my favourite time of the year, because of the colours, the harvest and the …
What a way to start the new month! There was a phone call on the 31st August from the Eye clinic in Windsor. The call was for My Midnight Man (MMM). The Eye clinic had a cancellation and wanted to know if MMM wanted to take the appointment for the next day. “Take it!” …
The repeated pattern of the weather over our summer months has been: sun and a bit of warmth for two, maybe three days; heavily overcast, cool, grey days that hold in the sound of aircraft engines; two or three days of rain, some gentle showers, some heavy down pours, accompanied by thunder and lightening. …