Saturday 30 October 2021

Blogtober 2021 :: Day 30

 


I am optimistically typing a post, knowing that there are almost no pictures on my camera. I woke up to torrential rain and the stream was overflowing on our walk this morning. Thank you for your suggestions for lighting up the dog by the way. I particularly liked Lucy's idea of making it more of a fairy light situation. I just happen to have some tiny fairy lights, and you may recall that I have around 54 AA batteries owing to some weird sort of compulsion to buy them whenever I see them on offer. I have discovered I also do this with beautiful wooden salad servers. I never use them, ever, but I see them for sale and get all emotional over the loveliness of the wood, then they end up an a rarely used drawer where I forget about them.

Thank you for your lovely comments about the book and what a great gift it was. In fact, I did drop a few hints. I started out saying things like, 'Oh look at this, a signed Philip Pullman book, what a fantastic present that would make for someone who was a huge fan and happened to have a birthday coming up,' and ended up more along the lines of, 'IF WE DO NOT BUY ONE NOW THERE WILL BE NONE LEFT AND I WANT ONE.' There is no room for subtlety or manners when it comes to a signed Philip Pullman. In fact, the main bookshop ran out while people failed to act and things could have turned very ugly if a nice independent bookshop hadn't come to the rescue.

More heavy rain is forecast for tomorrow and I am wondering if football might be called off. I was reading earlier about how bits of Wales are slipping away under the weight of all the water, it is very concerning. Let's hope the people in charge have a plan. 

Have just added the photos. The water is a bit shocking, I don't think I've ever seen it that high, and I feel as though I am saying that regularly. You can see the difference in the bit where you can walk across the stream.

Yesterday, it was just covered:

Today, disappeared:

Wishing everyone a good Sunday. The last day of the month and it does feel as though October has flown by. It's a very different month at the end compared to the beginning I think. At the start, the remnants of summer are holding on. At the end, it is suddenly dark and wet and windy. I like to think about all the bacteria and fungi and worms breaking down the fallen leaves and making the soil lovely and rich ready for next year. I am ready for the new season. Onwards. 

9 comments:

  1. I’m laughing out loud at the possibility of those in charge having a plan. Don’t be silly. Oh my that is a lot of water. Dry here at the moment but we are due rain tomorrow. Maybe you’ll be dry and football/swimming will happen. Yes a big difference in thirty days and it will be so dark in the evening tomorrow when the clocks go back. Stay cosy. B x

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  2. I think we were lucky today, we managed a lovely, sunny walk but I feel the rain may be heading our way tomorrow. I couldn't work out if you were pleased or not at the prospect of football being cancelled! :O) A fairy light festooned Bertie sounds like a wonderful idea! xx

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  3. It seems to happen quite a lot these days that whenever we have rain, it's torrential and everywhere floods. I don't remember there ever being so many flooded roads and streams threatening to burst their banks. Climate change is definitely here! xx

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  4. That is an impressive amount of rain! And pretty woods. Congratulations on acquiring the Philip Pullman booked, and signed! That would make some readers here very appreciative.

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  5. (Oh! Gracious… did my one comment really publish x3? How did I manage that?)

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  6. Loving catching up with your posts CJ. I agree about October. We are in darkness under a huge deluge here at the moment.
    So much comfort in the thought of the leaves returning to the earth and feeding the worms. Thank you.
    Jacquie x

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  7. It's certainly been a wet, and fairly miserable, end to the month as shown by your pictures. xx

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  8. More than a bit wistful that October and your lovely posts will come to a close. Thanks to you I've spent an inordinate amount of money having the signed Pullman book shipped to me in Massachusetts! Will be watching the post with more than scholarly attention

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  9. The first photo makes Bertie look as though he is up for a swim. I think a reflective collar, at least, would be a great idea. I am considering a GPS for one of my cats since she cannot seem to come home when she is supposed to. Wonder how long that would last? I must admit that I am sad at the thought of your October posts coming to an end. I have enjoyed them enormously - though I realize they have been a drain on your time. Try to stay dry and warm in any event.

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