Friday, 20 May 2016
Did a family walk this morning, and escaped the threat of raindrops, against the odds. We found these flower spikes; I do not know what they are, but am attracted to the range of colors related to white, green, and grey-purple.
Late in the afternoon, we discovered that the tops of Midtown buildings were…obscured. We returned home safely, despite street after street of traffic.
Friday, 15 April 2016
Of the five castles/fortifications planned to protect the mouth of the River Fal, only two were built, and only this one has the flavor of its architectural roots from 1540–1542. This is St Mawes Castle.
It faces its much modified and much larger opposite number across the river-mouth, now Pendennis Castle.
The interior is mostly empty, although cannons still point out their special windows on the ground floor. On one floor curators have placed artful dummies who mostly look like they are waiting for the order to fire.
We opted to skip Falmouth and Pendennis Castle, taking a car-ferry, yippee! (Don’t remember seeing that icon before.)
Yup, the King Harry Ferry. £6 please, one way (£8 return, a great deal for those traveling in circles).
Found a town named Gweek. The car soon filled with no end of puns and word games.
This installation at Goonhilly is now technology so old the contract has been let to remove it. Last chance to see it….
Hiked out this long peninsula with two artificially narrowed bottlenecks. It was used as a fortified promontory fort in the Iron Age, or so They say. The name must have had the word “wind” in it in some form.
Lizard point is Cornwall’s and England’s southernmost (on the mainland). The name is from the pre-Celtic/Cornish lis meaning court and ard/ardh meaning high. The name thus refers to a locally important building here.
And, what a surprise, right there on the north side of Lizard (town)! Not green…just saying. [Sorry; sign says GREEN COTTAGE.]
Friday, 1 April 2016
Last night’s storms were…not too bad. For storms. You know how jumpy we are. I slept through the post-midnight line, but the early morning wave woke me…and I listened and drowsed after that….
As a result of all the rain, the fresh-petals of the azaleas got loaded, and they’re drooping to the ground on their flexible branchlets.
This shrub has sturdier, woodier limblets, and tinier blossoms, and it seems unscathed.
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Watching the weather…and bracing for serious wind and rain about midnight. [Deep breath. Exhale.]
Friday, 18 March 2016
When the weather is unseasonably HOT, Spring arrives at an accelerated rate.
Thursday, 3 March 2016
This morning was sunshine and potential.
This afternoon (and continuing) was rain, sleet-and-rain, and rain…and gloominess. We had enough sleet to accumulate in the gutter (well, on top of the aging leaves), and to blow-out my snap (only shot one; such confidence😀).
Monday, 15 February 2016
Weather report: Overcast. Grey. Bleak. Cold. Penetrating cold.
So, we mall-walked. And looked outside, hoping for outdoor improvements.
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Unseen: snow flurries.
Unseen: biting, cold wind.
Conclusion: winter weather re-materialized.
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Heavy, intense rains this morning filled the streets, flowed in the back door at Trader Joe’s, and rearranged the mulch in this bed.
I strolled after the precip had stopped and found a baby-blue Mous-tang. The color looked a tad unreal in the overcast.
I also found a Buddha being overtaken by winter weeds.
And this morning the weather forecast/discussion I read mentioned “an enhanced zone of elevated cape”‚ no idea what all that means
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
Should “one” have a “big thought” every day? Even stretching, I can’t manufacture one from today.
I did see a very foggy morning…on an early milk run…so I could create my second cuppa. This is the crane on the south side of the Ponce City Market in the heavy fog we had in the pre-dawn hours.
Later, the sun gave us a high, I heard, of 76°F. Waaaaay above normal (the low 50s). While I loved the warm, sunny, toasty afternoon, I also was a tad queasy. Such weather anomalies suggest the climate is off-kilter, and that has negative implications for many, many people, and for our global political economy.
My stretch…to connect (pink) flowers to El Niño…and more.