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18 December 2022

Oh, my goodness it’s been cold. The mercury has barely poked its head above freezing all week. Thankfully, our central heating is working well and the wood stove in the lounge has been employed in the evenings to provide the additional blast of heat which old age pensioners such as ourselves need. The only one not shivering is Daisy who seems to think the snow and frost is great! Bizarrely/worryingly, the temperature tomorrow is supposed to reach 13^o C (55.4^o F)!

11 December 2022

Perhaps I was a bit premature in “complaining” about the warm to mild autumn we’ve had hitherto. This week has been Freezio! It’s been cold, cold, cold. Indeed, as I glance out the window it is f**king snowing. I don’t remember signing up for this. You’ll no doubt be relieved to know that Penelope’s Avian Eatery has re-opened for the winter season and, to judge by the numbers demanding a table, it’s the hottest ticket in the neighbourhood. Daisy too is delighted – she hoovers up any fallen seed whenever she gets a chance.

4 December 2022

Well, the weather was tolerable, thanks for asking. We had a great few days in Dorset and the weather co-operated in the sense that it didn’t rain (much).

27 November 2022

It’s been mainly “fresh” and wet and windy this week. Those kinds of days where it’s a joy to have a dog again so that one can trudge through the downpour and gale force winds twice a day. I met a neighbour walking her dog up Plumpton Lane the other day and I commented on how wet and miserable the weather was, “perfect for dog-walking,” I said. She agreed that it was miserable but went on to say she still wouldn’t be without her dog. I’m afraid she’s right.

20 November 2022

It’s been a fresh week – the balmy, tropical temperatures of the last few weeks have at last given way to what might be considered more “normal” temperatures for this time of year. We had a goodly quantity of rain on Tuesday and brilliant lovely bright blue skies on Wednesday but definitely cooler, which is no bad thing. Mowing lawns in November is just not right.

13 November 2022

Yes, I think it’s fairly certain – Autumn is here. That’s not to say that we won’t get a heatwave sometime in the next week or so. But I hope the extensive lawn mowing I did during the week is the last for this season. What on earth are we doing having to mow lawns in November?

6 November 2022

Autumn has definitely arrived. After a long, slow, extraordinarily mild to warm few weeks, temperatures have been dropping and the leaves have almost finished scattering themselves to the four corners of the garden. Even a touch of ground frost the other morning, I am told by our resident early morning dog walker. I do quite enjoy the fresh feel of a crisp autumn day but the increasingly early arrival of darkness is a drag.

30 October 2022

Apart from it being unseasonably mild, it’s been feeling and looking quite Autumnal this week. Some decent colour (or at least what passes for seasonal Autumn colour in these parts), rain and mud and wind. But, it is worryingly mild for the time of year (20^o C, 68^o F on Saturday).

23 October 2022

You really, really could not make this shit up. The Conservative Party has lost another leader and the nation has lost another Prime Minister.

To lose one Prime Minister may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks like carelessness.

16 October 2022

We had some absolutely gorgeous weather last weekend. Saturday, Sunday and Monday in particular were all lovely autumnal days with bright, blue skies and a pleasing and pleasant warmth to the sunshine. Indeed, Susie Dent’s “Word of the Day” for Sunday was ‘apricity’ (17th century): the warmth of the sun on a chilly day.