Category: Nature
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Snow in the desert
I’ve turned the snow on once again this year. Well, I kept it on from last year, actually, and it came on by itself the other day. Sometimes, it feels like being in an extreme blizzard the snowflakes are dropping at such immense speeds, but I’m putting that down to the access problems I’m currently…
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One Minute Ramble: First Snow
The first snow ofth’winter fell this mornIt ne’er settled and soon was gorn.The clouds gathered up in’th skyThen cleared, and revelth’sun up high.The sun though wasn’t warm.Hence the snow that fell this morn. Forecast has it that today is the first day of a hundred days of bitterly cold weather. The forecast has been wrong…
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Winter’s Back!
Today saw the first frosty morning of the winter. Usually, things take a gradual approach, so one morning there would be a gentle covering of dew, then the next morning a subtle layer of ice, gradually getting thicker and heavier as the days pass by. But no, not this morning. Oh no, we may as…
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There will be no need for garlic
I’ve just managed to get out of my car. The courtyard outside is flooded. The rain and the wind seem to have reached monsoon levels. Well, maybe not, but that’s how they appear. After I paddled across the courtyard to reach the front door, trying my best not to get wet by doing my best…