Valkyrie Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Quite heavy rain on and off and drizzley bits in between. Lots of soggy birds but they are amusing themselves in the odd patches of grass that are appearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Gales and torrential rain overnight. The waterbutts are all overflowing. The wind has died down but the heavy rain remains... mild though, at 10 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 We had fog this evening, but it cleared in about 15 minutes after the rain started up again. The bottom of the garden is so bad now. Driving to Camberley this afternoon we saw lots of fields under water. I am hoping the people in low lying areas will be OK with this thaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 It's lovely and sunny! Not a cloud in the sky For the first time in ages, I'm going to be able to take the tarp off the top of the run... Happy days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Sunny here too and very mild - no need for coats today! Still snow and still swamp at the bottom of the garden - must uncover the dirt bath and clean out session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Sunny and still thawing. Got into the low hills with the dog today, slipping and sliding. No view of the Langdales though, too misty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Vile weather on Friday night and Saturday, but it eventually cleared. Mild (7deg) over the weekend and sunny on Sunday. Loads of floods here now though. Loads more snow predicted for Tuesday/Wednesday though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Sunny cold day yesterday, did a few bits outside and the chooks played out in the garden almost all day. My Light Sussex Bertha layed her first egg of the season yesterday too Sunny mild start to today, but I get the feeling it is downhill from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Yesterday was almost springlike! Sunny and mild. It's very murky this morning but the mist keeps rising to reveal blue skies... the rest of the week isn't looking too good though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Sunny, mild. Snowdrops showing. Come on Spring, bring it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 My weather station says it's 11.5 degrees outside in the sunshine It was about minus that not much more than a week ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 It was 10deg here at lunchtime, the wind is still cold though. Don't put your thermals away just yet though, Liz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Yesterday lovely and sunny - Erin and I sat out and just chicken watched for a few minutes which turned into an hour. Then we put them all in the same run and watched them go to bed. Today we had a few glimpses of sun but mostly cloudy (I think there may have been some rain spots this morning), but also mild - enough to sit out and watch the girls not killing each other before bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Lovely day yesterday, but cloudy and muggy today, looks like rain. 6deg when I left the house this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Cloudy and grey with snow forecast overnight by one lot of soothsayers anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Cold damp misty start with a cold wind, brighter now but snow forecast for 9am tomorrow morning. ED has a physics exam first thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I think there was a bit of sun - it looked bright-ish, mainly light grey cloud cover and very mild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sun's out again here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 weak sunshine here too cold wind though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Send it this way Liz... miserable as sin here and the wind has got colder too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Brrrrrrrrrrrr It's getting cold Brrrrrrrrrrrr It reminds me of Ted Hughes poem Freezing dusk is closing Like a slow trap of steel On trees and roads and hills and all That can no longer feel. But the carp is in its depth Like a planet in its heaven. And the badger in its bedding Like a loaf in the oven. And the butterfly in its mummy Like a viol in its case. And the owl in its feathers Like a doll in its lace. Freezing dusk has tightened Like a nut screwed tight On the starry aeroplane Of the soaring night. But the trout is in its hole Like a chuckle in a sleeper. The hare strays down the highway Like a root going deeper. The snail is dry in the outhouse Like a seed in a sunflower. The owl is pale on the gatepost Like a clock on its tower. Moonlight freezes the shaggy world Like a mammoth of ice - The past and the future Are the jaws of a steel vice. But the cod is in the tide-rip Like a key in a purse. The deer are on the bare-blown hill Like smiles on a nurse. The flies are behind the plaster Like the lost score of a jig. Sparrows are in the ivy-clump Like money in a pig. Such a frost The flimsy moon Has lost her wits. A star falls. The sweating farmers Turn in their sleep Like oxen on spits. and Mary Newcombe's lovely little picture, Ewes Watching Shooting Stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 It has got really cold here too . Love the poem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Turned into another mild, sunny day yesterday once the mist had burnt off. It's been a lovely day again today, but there's a bitter wind. Feels much colder than yesterday. Thanks for the poem & pic OSH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Bit colder, dull and wet - what a nice change. Ooh and we have lots of sleet or wet snow just coming down hard and fast at the mo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Low grey cloud. Very still and 3º. Lots of birdsong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
