It was actually sunny today. What I call a proper winter’s day, with clear blue skies, sharp and bright colours, and a bit of a chill in the air to remind you that it isn’t, yet, quite Spring. The relief, after so very many days of drab grey skies and driving rain, was considerable. Sadly…
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I’ve been a little disconcerted by this autumn. The weather has been so mild, for so long, that the sights I associate with autumn – leaves changing colour, rich tapestries of yellows, oranges and reds – have been largely absent. A recent trip to a local village reinforced this. Trees either still had green leaves…
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I fell asleep last night with the voice of the BBC weatherman telling me that south and west Wales were experiencing strong winds with gusts of up to 80mph, with many households losing electricity thanks to trees taking out the power lines. Next morning, just as I was about to embark on my Happy Sunday…
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For the past few years Les @ A Tidewater Gardener has hosted the Winter Walk-Off. The challenge is to leave your house on your own two feet and post about what can be seen within walking distance of where you live – without showing anything from your own garden. Back in 2011 I posted about…
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They kept changing their minds about whether or not we would get snow here in Cemaes Bay. They gradually downgraded us from “lots” to “maybe a little”, so when I woke up on Friday morning to see white stuff drifting down, I never imagined it was going to stay around. It was obviously melting as…
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