Wales, like Seattle, is well known for its somewhat wet climate.
It has rained heavily every day here for the past ten days or so, and everything is muddy and wet and slimy. My friend’s ponies have been brought down from their treacherously wet and steep field on the Gop to graze on my field in the safety of flat ground.
It’s nice to see them feeding, the steam rising off their bodies in the wet
This muggy feeling in itself is exhausting and I find myself longing for a dry garden path and some weak sun on my face.
A gift of a book showing a collection of Andrew Wyeth paintings lifted the gloom nicely today
I lit the fire too, just after breakfast
Old Welsh Cottages get cold quickly if left unchecked.
I FaceTimed my friend Ruth who sent me some scotch eggs then spoke to a lady called Lydia from the office of National Statistics Wales who interviewed me about how I felt about Covid
One of the questions was about eating enough which was sobering
She told me that I get a ten pound voucher for helping out, it’s sad that everyone needs to be paid for helping out
My personal lockdown finishes on Thursday.
So it was lovely of my niece in law and great niece to FaceTime me this afternoon with a magic show
Thank god for FaceTime
I will leave you with a bit of Ella and the sublime My Funny Valentine
Alan has just sent me a film of the fields opposite our Welsh home, they are all completely flooded yet again. The rain has been relentless in so many places over the last week or so.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely gift to get in the post, and Scotch Eggs AND £10 for helping out, your day is proving to be a good one 😃
It’s nice to have the ponies back
DeleteEnjoy your book, Scotch eggs and the soon-to-come voucher!
ReplyDeleteI’ve sat in the bedroom window seat looking at the Wyeth pictures...it’s interesting with some very beautiful studies
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ReplyDeleteSeattle's rep as being rainy is only partially true. What it does have is many, many grey days of one tenth of an inch of rain. Other cities, Chicago, New Orleans, Miami and others have twice the total rainfall as Seattle. I lived there a couple decades, and experienced it. It's the only city where the weather forecast has the term "sun breaks".....
Wish us luck in the election.
Take care,
Mike
It's true, we have about a million ways to describe the weather here in Seattle. :) Haha, we love it!
DeleteI’m not back at work until Monday ..the Welsh government has told us, we are not heading back into lockdown like the English
DeleteTypical...sunshine forecast on Friday!
ReplyDeleteI love Fraiser and have the box set which I often watch-I think that was set in Seattle but I'm not sure if it was filmed there though x
ReplyDeleteI doubt it flis
Deleteonly 2 more days, john. and what a lovely book to receive in the post!
ReplyDeleteWasn’t it, I will have to buy a coffee table to put it on
DeleteHow wonderful to have received such an amazing book unexpectedly! We have that marvelous book and it is a treat to spend time within its pages.
ReplyDeleteScotch eggs and a 10 pound voucher? Sweet! Despite the rain, you have friends, family and us in computer contact, and horses, 3 dogs, one cat, and books to spend time with IRL. All the ingredients for a lovely day. :)
Yes, it's finally election day here in the US and heaven help us.
Hugs!
Heaven help you ...yes.... I hope things change for you all dear one
DeleteHeartfelt thank yous! :)
DeleteSurprisingly, the last few days in Seattle were clear. Cold and dry, sunny, very very beautiful. But today, Tuesday, it is pouring down rain, so we are back to the classic pacific northwest fall weather. I don't mind it, but I completely understand your desire for dry day. Hope Wales dries out soon.
ReplyDeleteWhen I visited the city, it was sunny and indeed was beautiful ,
DeleteThe day I went up the space needle and overpugent sound it poured buckets
Great song.
ReplyDeleteIt’s it? I know the song, but have never heard Verizon of it before. Ella gives it a sweetness and not melancholy like so many other versions
DeleteIt is a sunny day here. I walked to the polls and made my vote for sanity. I find myself feeling hopeful, with no idea whether my optimism is warranted.
ReplyDeleteI hope the ginger guy is out xx
DeleteWishing you clear and crisp days to come. Stay warm, ten days flies by. It is good to hear you have remained well.
ReplyDeleteI got your card too David....thank you , it made me chuckle x
DeleteSo glad you're persona lockdown will soon be a memory and that you're well! I'm looking forward to a couple of Wales- and Seattle-like days here on the Costa del Sol. They say Seattleites don't tan, they rust.
ReplyDeleteLol I like the quote ...made me titter
DeleteHi John
ReplyDeleteJust curious what is a bride in law??
Glad you have survived your lockdown in tact
Jan in Yeppoon
Damm predictive text ..niece in law x
DeleteAdore Ella. Thank you for that. Wishing you the best.
ReplyDeleteYou say your personal lockdown ends on Thursday; isn't that when the national one begins? Sunny here, but below 20 C.
ReplyDeleteThe welsh government has just had a two week lockdown .its rules now are different to englands
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the Ella.
ReplyDeleteEver read any of Harri Webb's poetry?
I think the poem I am thinking of is in the book "Rampage and Revel" and includes the line "English standards do not apply"..
If we had had these lockdowns in pre-internet times, it would have been pretty miserable.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely gift John the book and Scotch eggs, Thanks for the video of Ella, I guess you will be going back to work tomorrow tkae care.
ReplyDeleteYour photo brought back fond memories of a week-long business trip to Washington DC I made in 1987, during which I found time to take in The Helga Pictures exhibition of Andrew Wyeth paintings at our National Gallery of Art. An unforgettable afternoon.
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