Overcast after rain ....
22nd
April 2018 (Sunday)
.... The thunderstorms, that were forecast
to
occur overnight, missed us and went up the North Sea, (now off Aberdeenshire),
so we were lucky in that respect; however, we did have rain, I know this because
everything is wet, but I never heard thunder.
It’s mostly overcast, and damp, this morning, but the sun should breakthrough
later.... it was trying hard when I was out on the bike. It’s a nice enough morning, but
disappointing after the past few days of sunny weather.
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| Late sunrise? |
21.00 My legs and feet are tired tonight: it’s watching the London Marathon .... it
fair tires me oot. I have done a lot of
running in my young day, so I know the feeling, and come out in sympathy.
The
sun did ‘break through’ but only infrequently, and then for only short
blinks: that said, my day has been bright
in other ways. In the afternoon I
decided to take a run up to Balcarres to see is ‘Susanna Van Veen’ was
blooming; and she was. ‘Susanna’
is a Magnolia tree, and the
flowers are usually out in mid March;
luckily, for me, she is later this year, ... because of the roch winter we’ve had. In fact everything seems to be making up
for lost time up there, with a variety of shrubs and flowers in blossom. It was very relaxing.... unfortunately the
sun didn’t make a breakthrough while I was up there.
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| Balcarres daffodils ... I was surrounded by them. |
Later
in the afternoon I went to a talk by David Graham, a photographer who does photographic
work for, mostly good causes all around the trouble spots of the world. Some of his portraits, of people in their
native environment(s), are absolutely brilliant: and have been shown in prestigious
exhibitions. Yes .... that was a very
interesting talk.
Myra
and Jim were at the talk, and had invited me up to “No 3” for dinner - after the talk. I
happily accepted the invitation, and enjoyed, a huge serving of, lightly smoked
salmon, and shrimp salad ... it was excellent.
So, in spite of the slightly ‘dour’ kind of
weather, my day has been ‘bright
and cheerful’... and very satisfying.
Thank You Jim and Myra for the ‘invite’ and the lovely dinner.... I’m a
happy and contented bunny tonight.
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| Rhododendron. |
I
don’t know what I’m going to do tomorrow;
I have the urge to have a wee adventure... but I doubt if my knee could
stand that yet. I’ll see what the
weather is like; it’s forecast to be
more or less the same as today’s was....so, ‘nae bad’; but windier. I’ll bumble round the villages before
breakfast .... weather permitting..
