Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 April 2013

blog for a rainy Sunday afternoon

The weather forecast didn't say rain: gloomy grey blanket cloud-cover yes and sunny intervals . . . haven't seen one yet, and I've been checking the sky.
Nope - grey, varying shades of, and steady rain; 'set in for the day' as my mother always quotes her father as saying. Thinking weather, reflecting time, jobs done for the day and the house is silent without the sound of piano and bread tins rattling.
I don't think I've done a romantic-type post before, so here goes.
Before I met Mark we had both had our fair share of mess-ups: minor and spectacular and were deliriously happy to have finally stopped all that and got down to some serious stuff, so to speak.
I so clearly recall the first time I ever saw him - playing the accordion dressed in a stripy t.shirt; a trio I think it was, but I can't recall the other instruments. My mind was far too occupied forming a mental picture of him that I would then carry around with me for some time after.
Fast forward a year or two and we were living together: me, him and the accordion. It just clicked as they say. Yes we have niggles - I do wish he would put the electric toothbrush on its stand; he can get a little domineering in the kitchen - talking about cooking here, otherwise . . . err, nothing comes to mind really. He probably wishes I was a little less technology-phobic, maybe I ramble on a bit sometimes about plants or suchlike, but I can tell when he's glazing over . . . otherwise, nothing, as far as I know. Well, you can tell me dearest if there is, on your return.
Why does it work? Sense of humour: hundred percent important, same view on the world, music, art, nature, walking, the sea, our house and garden; letting things unfold without a plan as such, 'the boy' of course. I still carry that image of Mark in the stripy T.shirt and I still feel the same way.

Sunday, 6 May 2012

May, the new April?

I hold the record for the number of times a human has taken a jumper on and off.
Day of gardening mainly, wearing, alternately, heavy boots, vest top, long sleeved T-shirt, jumper and at one brief point a bikini when I thought yep, 'I'm going to get in the pool- after cleaning it for all these months.' Cold, yes!!!! but boy did I feel glowing afterwards . . . mmm, no, chilled I think is the word.
We went to a vide Grenier this morning and bought nothing at all. This has never happened before; I'm still in shock. I did however manage to photograph something from one of Dali's old holiday homes.

Saturday, 26 September 2009

Cloud appreciation

I love clouds.
I tried to join the cloud appreciation society recently. Its costs a mere five quid or so, and you get a badge and info about cloud phenomena. The computer, however, decided not to allow the transaction — will try again soon.
Here's a good one. Seen on the coast near Narbonne, a wonderful area of etangs, scrubby landscape and leggy flamingos.
I think it looks like Maggie Thatcher, or a vast furry anvil.
The best cloud description I ever heard was from Ezra when he was about five: That one looks like Daddy eating a piece of cake.