Tag: snow

Weather of the day: Snow

The people who normally draw on the road have been drawing on the snow instead.
And here’s a gratuitous pigeon and clouds on the weathercam.
Admin1 is reading The Witch Hunter by Matt Seek which was rubbish. Admin2 is reading Cross and Burn by Val McDermid which is also rubbish.
We scored 13 out of 30 on the mega super bumper GWQ which was extremely rubbish, our worst score this year, giving us an average of 10.57557692 which is nevertheless our best ever (see last year and step backward though the years).
Coffee of the day: Guji Natural Ethiopia which is absolutely delicious. Thx Gez!

Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep


A red red robin singing in the holly tree; what could be more Christmassy? We even had a minuscule sprinkling of snow (graupel, really) and many people have a long, long holiday but not the poor old emergency services, maintenance crews and shopworkers (and us).
Admin1 is reading Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds.
We had a family gathering around our screens and scored 9 on the GWQ.

Black and White


Blackbird and starling sheltering from the snow.
One snowy day in March, Admin2 is reading The Familiar 1: One Rainy Day in May by Mark Z Danielewski (hard to categorise, but a labour of love with masses of magical illustrations, typographical tricks and interleaved narratives, each in a different font, and an enormous number of volumes to follow).

Twilight


Snow is coming, flake by flake.
Admin2 is reading Harvest by Jim Crace; all hell breaks loose in a preindustrial village when strangers and the threat of sheep arrive.
We scored 12 on the GWQ.
It’s booktally day. We have now read 1280 books between us in 5 years, 272 since last year.

Snow Is Falling All the Time


Actually it has all melted now, but not before the solar panels had recorded our first 0kWh day of the year.
Admin2 is reading A Death at the Palace by MH Baylis (thx Admin1); a young woman goes missing… We are watching Sé quién eres (aka I Know Who You Are); another young woman goes missing…
Coffee of the day: Ethiopian Espresso: sweet and fruity (thx Fiona)

Jake’s Flakes


Storm Jake arrived today with big, big snowflakes. Then the sun came out and it all melted. Then it rained. Now it’s windy. The weather station had a hard time keeping up.


Admin1 is reading Gathering Prey by John Sandford. Admin2 is reading The Nightmare by Lars Kepler. It was like a bad dream, or a bad film with lengthy descriptions of car chases, innumerable shootings, and improbably good-looking and accomplished protagonists.