Stormy Weather

[Serial_Apologist]

Look, it's the coalition floating out of the windows like a river pageant of turds ..................make for the Handel

Were the Thames Barrier ever to prove ineffective, at least property prices around this part of London would rocket!

[salymap]

Earlier a squirrel drank from my little 'high up' birdbath, a blackbird on the other side. They ignored each other, thank goodness. I thought the bird might be the next snack for the squirrel.

[Serial_Apologist]

Earlier a squirrel drank from my little 'high up' birdbath, a blackbird on the other side. They ignored each other, thank goodness. I thought the bird might be the next snack for the squirrel.

They've been learning peaceful co-existence, from history, maybe?

[BBMmk2]

It's not going to rain all week is it?

[Serial_Apologist]

It's not going to rain all week is it?

Yes bbm - everywhere, except in the vicinity of Brighton & Hove.

[Mahlerei]

it's bucketing down in Kent.

[Angle]

It's bucketing down in Kent
Such rain is heaven sent;
But wherever you go, you never need know that it's
Chucking it down in Gwent

Next verse please.

[Nick Armstrong]

Next verse please.

In the heart of the capital city
The weather's rather shitty
Five hours on the river
Will make me shiver -
You can tell it won't be pretty.

[marthe]

It looks and feels like September today. We've had heavy rain this morning and brisk NE winds this afternoon. Leaves litter the ground in an autumnal fashion. Summer hasn't even begun officially and it's already pretending to be fall. Oh well, no need to break out the sundresses and sandals!

Earlier, saly mentioned a little face-off between a squirrel and a blackbird. We've had three cheeky squirrels living in a tree near the back terrace, who have come to expect handouts of stale bread and toast crumbs. These were originally put out for the birds but the squirrels have taken over. The birds choose their moments, though, and we still get a delightful bunch of birds that includes a pair of cardinals.

[BBMmk2]

Why can't last week's weather be this weeks!!!???? Typical! Ah I know why! Besides it being bank holioday and all that, it's The South of England Show! Always rains then!!

[Anna]

It chucked it down all night, constant light rain this morning, low cloud obscuring the hills. Brightening slightly, hopeless to think about doing anything in the garden so I intend to watch some of the pageant on the Thames and hopefully the cameras will zoom in on Caliban as he waves his Union Jack flag on the celebrities barge! It just seems a bit grey and dull in London at the moment and from Met Office map Kent will be getting the heavy stuff! Edit: there's going to be a big anti-monarchy protest at Tower Bridge

[Nick Armstrong]

Edit: there's going to be a big anti-monarchy protest at Tower Bridge

I'm going to give them Pee's and Beefy's regards!

[amateur51]

I'm going to give them Pee's and Beefy's regards!

[Anna]

I'm going to give them Pee's and Beefy's regards!

Be prepared to Repel (Message) Boarders!! I do hope you have a really lovely time and that you will, in due course, report back on the day's events

[Serial_Apologist]

Andrew Marr(ed) described the scene as "looking rather like a Monet" - to which the organiser of the "flotilla", (for such it is - not a convoy), as Whistleresque, or some such adjective. Turner would be more like it - a Turner run out of paint, resorting to H and HB pencils.

DID Monet paint pictures of the Thames, anyone know?

The developing weather pattern doesn't look good, for the rest of the summer, I'm afraid.