Posted by Emery Davis on December 16, 2011, 8:35 am
What a day, redux. It's dark as night right now, snow swirling and
sheeting across the fields. Good day for staying inside.
We had 120 kph gusting last night on our Normandy hilltop, with
prodigious rain (gauge overflowed at 40 mm). I got the house shuttered
and moved all the pots to ground level before it hit, but we have a few
branches down, looks like a smallish unstaked maple blew over, and I
have a tree down over the public path -- up to me to get it out of the
way of course.
Looking through the window makes me want to take a long winter's nap!
-E
Posted by Sacha on December 16, 2011, 8:45 am
> What a day, redux. It's dark as night right now, snow swirling and
> sheeting across the fields. Good day for staying inside.
>
> We had 120 kph gusting last night on our Normandy hilltop, with
> prodigious rain (gauge overflowed at 40 mm). I got the house shuttered
> and moved all the pots to ground level before it hit, but we have a few
> branches down, looks like a smallish unstaked maple blew over, and I
> have a tree down over the public path -- up to me to get it out of the
> way of course.
>
> Looking through the window makes me want to take a long winter's nap!
>
> -E
We've had some half-hearted sleet this morning and a fair bit of rain.
It's quite cold but not very windy, thank goodness. The birds are
still eating us out of house and home!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Posted by Emery Davis on December 16, 2011, 10:00 am
On 12/16/2011 02:45 PM, Sacha wrote:
>
>> What a day, redux. It's dark as night right now, snow swirling and
>> sheeting across the fields. Good day for staying inside.
>>
>> We had 120 kph gusting last night on our Normandy hilltop, with
>> prodigious rain (gauge overflowed at 40 mm). I got the house shuttered
>> and moved all the pots to ground level before it hit, but we have a few
>> branches down, looks like a smallish unstaked maple blew over, and I
>> have a tree down over the public path -- up to me to get it out of the
>> way of course.
>>
>> Looking through the window makes me want to take a long winter's nap!
>>
>> -E
>
> We've had some half-hearted sleet this morning and a fair bit of rain.
> It's quite cold but not very windy, thank goodness. The birds are still
> eating us out of house and home!
Sunny now, so at least I'm feeling awake! (Typhoo helps, too).
Damage is worse than I thought, a mature Mirabelle de Nancy is partly
over in the orchard. :( I planted it about 20 years ago, it was
fruiting nicely. The trunk looks like standing in the bath...
I wonder if I stake it upright, will it have a chance?
Also looks like a big oak gone over along the stream.
-E
Posted by Martin on December 16, 2011, 4:56 pm
>> What a day, redux. It's dark as night right now, snow swirling and
>> sheeting across the fields. Good day for staying inside.
>>
>> We had 120 kph gusting last night on our Normandy hilltop, with
>> prodigious rain (gauge overflowed at 40 mm). I got the house shuttered
>> and moved all the pots to ground level before it hit, but we have a few
>> branches down, looks like a smallish unstaked maple blew over, and I
>> have a tree down over the public path -- up to me to get it out of the
>> way of course.
>>
>> Looking through the window makes me want to take a long winter's nap!
>>
>> -E
>We've had some half-hearted sleet this morning and a fair bit of rain.
>It's quite cold but not very windy, thank goodness. The birds are
>still eating us out of house and home!
My daughter had to abandon her car because of the snow near Newcastle
under L this evening. She got a lift back later and drove it home.
--
Martin
Posted by Baz on December 16, 2011, 9:15 am
@mid.individual.net:
> What a day, redux. It's dark as night right now, snow swirling and
> sheeting across the fields. Good day for staying inside.
>
> We had 120 kph gusting last night on our Normandy hilltop, with
> prodigious rain (gauge overflowed at 40 mm). I got the house shuttered
> and moved all the pots to ground level before it hit, but we have a few
> branches down, looks like a smallish unstaked maple blew over, and I
> have a tree down over the public path -- up to me to get it out of the
> way of course.
>
> Looking through the window makes me want to take a long winter's nap!
>
> -E
>
Spring is just round a couple of corners. That saying keeps me and my brood
happy in the dark days, sort of!
We will be soon on the shortest day, after that our daylight gets longer. I
know it seems like eternity but it will soon be time for chitting etc.
Baz
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> sheeting across the fields. Good day for staying inside.
>
> We had 120 kph gusting last night on our Normandy hilltop, with
> prodigious rain (gauge overflowed at 40 mm). I got the house shuttered
> and moved all the pots to ground level before it hit, but we have a few
> branches down, looks like a smallish unstaked maple blew over, and I
> have a tree down over the public path -- up to me to get it out of the
> way of course.
>
> Looking through the window makes me want to take a long winter's nap!
>
> -E