After the briefest of heatwaves Yorkshire has gone back into winter.
This was midday.
Grey, windy, wet and chilly. You know it’s a great August Summers Day when at 6pm you have the lights and heating full on. Yes the woolies (sweaters) we’re back on as well. The string vests banished until Mr Sun decides to come back…..
But even on a slate grey day you have the potential to find something to lift the heart. To brighten and enrich the day. That happened to me. Feeling kinda grey on a grey day. Bit down, bit frustrated, a little hemmed in and a tad lonely. But then a beautiful life gift and the world seems a better place again. Definitely smiling again. Suddenly I’m more fun as a Dad to Hawklad.
Yes it’s still grey outside but even there ….. I can now spot other colours apart from grey. They were always there just I hadn’t opened my eyes to them.
Gray day here but 90 degrees
Sending you some heat, to go with the colors. ☀️
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It’s going to get colder here. Looks rubbish for weeks.
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I would happily give you 10 of our degrees a day.
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That would be grand.
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My pleasure
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This song came to mind
Those berries are so vibrant! Are the edible?
You totally got this! A little bit of feeling down is just as okay as laughter. As long as you dont get stuck there. I’d trade weather with you if it were possible. Still Mafting here!💌
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I love this song. It’s unmafting here…. x
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Sorry about the weather.
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That’s England for you.
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For sure up there. Not so bad in Cambridge.
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Grey days have the potential to turn our outlook dark too. I’m glass you going this cheerful sight to life you up. Can you East these?
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It’s colder now.
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I guess it’s winter time in Yorkshire.
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All the time….
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What are those pretty berries??
“Fire season” has arrived here. It’s so hot+humid today that I took a shower, put on fresh clothes, went outside for roughly 20min and had to go back indoors to take off my soaked clothes and shower again! Bleeeeech!!!
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The first ones are redcurrents. No idea about the others, just appeared in the hedge.
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Cool!
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Was a very day here as well. I felt like you .😔
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That’s a shame 🤗
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Yes and don’t mind my typo lol
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It cools down here for a short time then the heat comes back again. It has been raining off and on today and not too hot. I heard we are supposed to have a week with temperatures around 23′, so that should be quite nice as long as the sun comes out.
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Looks like 23 is way beyond us now for weeks. Might even drop to single figures.
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Wow! That is chilly. I hope we don’t get those temperatures for a couple of months yet.
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Yes I’m not impressed.
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Does winter usually come this early in the year in Britain? They are having snow in parts of the U.S. as well. Freakish weather. Heat waves in some states, snow in others, tornadoes in others.. The unusual seems the norm now.
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It could arrive anytime. We’ve had snow in late May.
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Yikes. Mother Nature does as she wishes.
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She does.
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Glad you starting to see the colors again 😊✌️
Is nice to know you smiling and happy!
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Always hope. Hope you are. 😀
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Yeah definitely always hope ❤️ I hold on to that 🙏
Yeah I do 😘✌️
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That’s what keeps us going.
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Yeah – hope and dreams I suppose ✌️
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Need them
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Of course here in Aotearoa New Zealand, it’s the tail end of winter and days are supposed to be miserable. But today for the second day running, there was no wind (rare in this part of the country, which is evidenced by the 3 large wind farms I can see on the sky line), and not a cloud in the sky (less rare). Although it was sub zero at dawn, by lunchtime it was 14°C in the shade and considerably warmer under the sun. The wife and I soaked up the radiation from the sun while we had a leisurely lunch outside for the second day in a row.
A return to winter blasts is predicted for later in the week when a new front from the antarctic is due to arrive.
Those berries can be summed up in one word: gorgeous!
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They are gorgeous. It’s nice when you get that unexpected warmth occasionally in winter.
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You have some surprising things in your garden.
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Certainly
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Sounds like we both had a lonely day. I’m glad something happened to lift you up a little x
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Hope today is better for you Claire. xxxxx
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You too my friend, you too x
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We can do this x
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Xx
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Xx
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Yeah these dull all day outside days are never the best. But a bit of color and look at that.
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Colour does help. The weather is definitely going down hill. Better dig out your waterproofs for Glencoe
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Never go there without them.
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Me to. I did go once and had to go looking for sun cream
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Lol…. Tell you what thought did once get burnt on the Pap. It was cos the Mr took the after sun by mistake. Of course if I’d read the damned bottle, I’d have seen that but to quote the words of Mr Brightside… (which I certainly was Mrs of that day) I never.
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Maybe on your next trip ?
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Yeah … Not this weekend BUT… we are back again not long after so…
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Looking at the forecast this weekend would not be good.
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Yes…looking at the forecast it will be the after rain cream…
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It’s called anti rust treatment.
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Aye, this is why the Tin Man never climbed any mountains.
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Especially in Skye
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Now I ain’t never been there. I know the Mr was staying in some van way way back round about the time I go arrested in Leningrad. Yeah you read that right. But I do gather it rains a lot there. In Skye. Life is nowt without memories. So??? Come on, tel about Skye.
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K went there during the communist era. Think she nearly got caught as well….. Went climbing there once. 4 days and we never saw more than 2 feet in front of us. Basically it was tent, pub, tent. Not the greatest trip. They fog cleared at night but then the heavens opened and the campsite flooded every night. Lovely. x
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Sounds like you also went before it got so touristy.
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Yes few years back. Too many years back. Need to go again.
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Well spotted
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Chillier your way than here in Notts then, if you felt the need for heating. I had no heating on, or jumper and the windows open until I had to close some for the rain. I found it lovely and cool. Would have been muggy a little if I did not feel the air.
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It’s funny how those few miles make a difference. My sister lives in Chesterfield and she said it was warm with them.
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It is, yes.
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You know, sometimes feelings are hard to put into words. Or maybe I’m tired. 😀 That would definitely make it more difficult to put feelings into words. I enjoyed the read, however, my brain is giving me a rough time, so I just can’t find the words. I did enjoy the read though. It made me smile.
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Sorry about the brain being pesky. I’m pleased it made you smile.
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