A misty moody start. If you had to pick one defining image to sum up Yorkshire then it would probably be something like this. Or maybe it should be lashing it down with rain.
Our weather is the perfect backdrops for writers. Novels like Jane Eyre, Nicholas Nickleby, Wuthering Heights, The Secret Garden, The Railway Children, All Creatures Great and Small. Even perfect for Bram Stokers Dracula to be shipwrecked here.
It also never fails to give this muppet something to photograph. And he is a muppet…
Yesterday I looked out of the window and over that very tree was a beautiful rainbow. Perfect for a photograph. So with as much speed as I could muster I grabbed my mobile and legged it outside. Arrived at the garden fence. Ready to snap that very tree and the rainbow. Looked down at my mobile to switch on the camera app……
Why am I holding the TV remote control. Can’t remember that having a camera. PANTS.
And with perfect timing. By the time I had ran inside. Put the remote back on the table and this time actually picked up the mobile sat next to it. By the time I had made it outside again. The moment was gone. The rainbow was no more. PANTS.
But with patience the Yorkshire weather will deliver again. It always does. As will my muppetry. It will always be there.
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
Well written👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Thank you so much.
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Always welcome
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LMAO! Too funny! ❤
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So pleased. x
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I am never able to react in time either. This incident will provide you with lot of smiles. 😛😄
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Smiles are good.
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Yes, definitely. 😄😄😄
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😀
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That is funny 🙂 Maybe next time!
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Always next time.
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Oh that would have been some thing I would have done. An honest mistake. How I see it that rainbow only wanted yo
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Whoops, hit the send button you to. See it.❤️
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Rainbows are just a damned nuisance that way….
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They so are.
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You make me laugh, Gary. I’ve had so many of those moments. Once took a whole sequence of “brilliant” photographs but when the film kept rolling on and on, I became suspicious. Right, I had never loaded the camera. (back in the old days)
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That takes talent.
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Happens to me all the time. I always have my phone with me or Ben will snatch it, but getting the app open and actually taking the picture seems to be impossible when I’m trying to hurry.
I’ve taken selfies or gotten just the edge of the thing I was trying to capture, or the whole thing is blurry. Good for a chuckle though.
This picture is really cool. You do have some fantastic views!💌💌💌
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We are so lucky. Just like your coast.xxx
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What a bleak Yorkshire day! Can’t blame you for your temporary visual mishap. Weather like that would fog up my mind. Hawklad probably had a good laugh 🙂 To be sure, my adult sons would be laughing their heads off if I had tried the same feat.
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He just shakes his head.
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You know what? At least you saw it 😂
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I guess that is true. 😀
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Hey, that’s still a glorious cloudscape! uffdah, what a month this has been. Still trying to stay on top of things–not getting here as often as I’d like, but I’m working out how to balance kids and teaching, and that’s a start. Getting out the christmas stuff which has been a great cheer for all of us–hopefully bo and blondie will be getting the tree in a few days so I can get trimming. How are you two? Gathering some decorations to light up the home? 🙂
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I bet your house will look so welcoming. Is it getting any easier for you. We are ok. Kinda just hanging in there. The decs won’t be long before they are out. It does bring so much joy. xxxxx
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They really do. 🙂 Christmas is my favorite time of year. Praying for good news to come about schools and society soon!
As for teaching…eh. December’s going to be a horror show, but it’s always a horror show during finals, so that’s at least expected. We’ll get by. 🙂
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When does it let up in December for you. xxx
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Christmas Eve if I’m lucky. 🙂 How are you faring today?
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Hopefully you can have fun before then as well. So important that you enjoy it as well. It’s a hanging in day. Getting my head round a huge vet Bill. But we keep going.
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Oh no! Those bills can hike the stress up, that’s for sure. I feel that way when I see the orthodontist bill for Bash.
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Definitely adds to the stress level. Hope you are ok.
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We are, we are okay. Are YOU okay?
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Kind of hanging in there at present.
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Praying for you both. We all could use some good news.
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We certainly do need that.
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An excellent post Gary summing up a general feeling of listlessness that many people are feeling l imagine, but captured nicely with humour 🙂
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Thank you so much sir
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Only you!
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Hahahah… I laughed out loud – I think we’ve all done this! And yes, the Yorkshire sun will shine again, I’m sure.
Here in Australia yesterday the sun shone at 42 degrees celsius! Now, that may seem inviting to some, but. We almost cooked. Today, thankfully, it will be only 26 degrees with possible showers. However, I do feel for you and yours. I truly can’t imagine living without sunshine for such long periods. We moan about it being too darn hot during a lot of the year. But, gosh; it must take a strong heart to rise above the Yorkshire weather. And yet, the crops grow, the grass is incredibly green, the people seem to be close and warm. I guess there’s always pros and cons to all lifestyles.
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I don’t think we ever hit 42c. Maybe 42F.
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Thank you sir.
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