News – Page 15 – The Moreton Pinkney Picayune

17 December 2023

Wet, wet, wet. Wet. Wet. Wet. Mud, mud, mud, mud. We’ve had so much rain – the fields can’t take any more. When we tromp across the fields on our daily constitutionals with Miss Daisy the ground squelches, like a heavily saturated sponge. Squelch, squelch, squelch. Is this what we have to look forward to as the climate continues to change? Hot, dry summers and wet, wet, winters with fewer and fewer freezing days and lots of mud? Hmm, I think we better phase out those fossil fuels, guys.

10 December 2023

Neither “unseasonably warm” nor “unseasonably cold” this week. Just about seasonably seasonal, I guess. It has been a bit on the “fresh” side with lashings and lashings of rain. A few frosty mornings as well, which is great – Daisy only requires a quick rinse off. But, on those days when it is above freezing, we come home with a chocolate golden retriever and the poor girl has to stand under the freezing cold hose. Miserable.

3 December 2023

Well, that transitioned in a heartbeat – we’re no longer “unseasonably warm” and have gone straight into “unseasonably cold” according to the weather people. Cold, frosty mornings with below-zero temperatures under occasionally clear, bright blue skies. The frosty mornings do mean less mud and grime on the dog when she returns from a stroll but it also means that the hose is frozen so washing up afterwards is a bit of a challenge.

26 November 2023

Another perfectly reasonable and acceptable week – what are the chances of that? It’s still pretty wet although it hasn’t been lashing it down this week so there’s that to be grateful for. It’s continued “unseasonably warm” but the weather people are saying that’s going to end any day now. Indeed, it’s been so “unseasonably warm” that I had to drag the lawn mower out of hibernation and give the lawns yet another short, back and sides. This is crazy! We should not be needing to mow lawns in late November!

19 November 2023

It’s been a decent enough week, I suppose. I had lunch with a friend, Penny read with her primary school reading buddies, played bridge with her neighbouring bridge buddies, and tromped across half of Northamptonshire with Daisy and one of her dog-walking buddies.

12 November 2023

We’ve had some really lovely days this week – bright sunny, blue skies with clouds wisping by in the stiff breeze. Rain today, though. Oh well.

12 November 2023 – Amusements

A man returns in the morning to a bar in which he’d spent the previous night. “Is it true that I drank $100 worth of booze here last night?” he asks.

“You did in fact drink $100 worth of alcohol here last night,” the bartender assures him.

“Thank God,” the man says, greatly relieved. “I was afraid I’d lost that money.”

5 November 2023

Well, if it’s not Storm Babet, it must be Storm Ciarán – I suppose we did have a day or two in between. Lots of rain, strong winds and very, very wet but once again we escaped the brunt of the storm. There is an awful lot of water though – for those of you who know the little stream at the bottom of Brook Street, it is usually a trickle but on Thursday morning it was up over the footbridge, I am informed by Ms Playchute. So, while we are fine apart from the wet and muddy dog who stinks up the house, you have to pity those poor folks who just about dried out from Babet and then now have been clobbered by Ciarán.

29 October 2023

This is the best weekend of the year! Our clocks went back to “normal” last night and we’ve finally recovered that hour which was stolen from us in the Spring. Lovely.

22 October 2023

It’s been a stormy week with a bit less “unseasonably warm” temperatures – we’ve had the spill-over from Storm Babet. Lots of wind and rain, although it is still “unseasonably mild.” Just the sorts of days when you are reminded how much you enjoy the smell of wet dog after a damp tromp through the fields.