Pleasant morning for the volunteer gardening, plenty of sun and dry. Everything was looking and smelling lovely after the kick-start of the recent rain, and there were even a few visitors to appreciate the gardens. A selection of threatening clouds moving around now but any rain will be very localised and probably not of any duration before it clears away by the look of the weather map; one spattering has just gone over after a few minutes and although the sky is still dark the clouds are moving away pretty quickly. There is a suggestion that showers tomorrow might be thundery - we shall see.
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We had donner und blitzen yesterday. Our cat arched right up. He didn’t like it at. MrsBBM said it was about seven miles away, and the clouds went really dark, like nighttime! I think we are due another, this afternoon. Yuk!Don’t cry for me
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Yes, strong cumulus cauliflowers building up fast here, spherics already registering east of Norwich, south of Sheffield in a line towards Manchester, and in the Wye valley. Just a matter of a few hours.Originally posted by BBMmk2 View PostComment
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Lots of warm sunshine today, although a chilly edge in the shade, and dry until about 5pm (although black clouds have been hitting some places not too far away for some time I think), but only a very brief splatter so far. The sky is clear towards the NE and that beautiful but chilly celadon/palest blue colour so no surprise there is a risk of frost overnight for some apparently. Lovely, just what we need - not.Comment
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At the NE end of the building here, there is an extension at ground floor level housing an electricity junction station, with a flat rooftop. Until a I moved here this rooftop was a bare rectangle of tarmacadam with a drain in one corner, Gradually I built up a number of pots containing perennials, mostly pellargoniums and fuschias with some variegated ivy for trailing ground cover. Other residents/tenants have cottoned on and, with the addition of a garden seat from B&Q, collectively funded, and a couple of potted palms, have made this into a presentable verandah, pleasantly cool once the sun has gone around to the west on hot days. Among the varied addenda is one of those columnar cacti, about two feet tall, vertically ridged with profuse spikes. I think it is called an Echinocereus. Having ignored the poor thing left there right through what has been a pretty cold winter and spring, I am wondering if it is still in fact alive - the natural habitat would be arid semi-tropical desert, somewhere like Arizona. In another place I rescued an Opuntia, a prickly pear discarded outside abandoned greenhouses, and brought it inside. I dare say it would have been quite expensive to buy as a mature plant. Over the years it added a number of lobes which, on occasion and in keeping with the plant's appearance, I would slice off with a Stanley knife at the join, and either grow on or give away to friends and acquaintances. It would then replace the excised lobes with new ones of its own.Originally posted by oddoneout View PostComment
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Heavy thundery showers here on the Suffolk coast late in the afternoon, thankfully followed by warm(ish) evening sunshine.Originally posted by oddoneout View PostComment
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On a clear evening at this time of year such as today, the contrast of shade, flowers and fresh foliage brilliantly caught by the evening sun, retreating clouds, and blue sky, can be breathtaking.Comment
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Agreed. It helps that the rain has cleared the air; in this neck of the woods the amount of dust in the atmosphere during dry spells before the soil is covered by plants can put quite a filter on the optimum visual experience.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostComment
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Wild,wet and windy today, methinks!Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostDon’t cry for me
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Thick cloud here with occasional showers. To have daytime temperatures in single figures at this time of year is absolutely dire. The current BBC forecast is for a 'feels like' temp of 8 degrees which seems to be about right, later rising to about 12 degrees.
I've known more than one Christmas Day to be warmer than this!"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Exceedingly windy here and quite a bit of rain with it!Originally posted by Petrushka View PostComment
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Draughty and chilly, and dry so far but rain is likely before too long and a lot more wind. Friday is looking dire and I'm a tad worried that putting vulnerable seedlings in the little pop-up growhouse might not be the best solution as it could take off/break with winds that strong. Might be pulling a leaf out on the dining table and spreading a plastic sheet...Originally posted by ZucchiniComment
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It's got even worse and has been lashing it down for the past hour or so driven by a strengthening wind. Abysmal."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Rain, grey, colder, SE 'breeze'. But can leave cuttings and plantlings out for another night .................I hope!!
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I could in theory leave everything outside as there isn't a frost risk, but some definitely wouldn't benefit from being battered and drenched, and having put so much effort into getting them this far I'm unwilling to risk it - not least as there is no chance of being able to buy replacements for the toms and the achocha.Originally posted by DracoM View PostRain, grey, colder, SE 'breeze'. But can leave cuttings and plantlings out for another night .................I hope!!
Very strange effect just now with clouds passing so quickly over the sun that it's like someone turning a light switch on and off. As the sun is directly aligned with the front of the house just now the change in light levels was quite dramatic. Last of the rain for now (more later)but my goodness the wind is really winding itself up.Comment
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