tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post664975432225915239..comments2024-03-18T16:37:38.930-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: ThursdayThe Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-69857728142291253982018-03-02T07:20:52.249-08:002018-03-02T07:20:52.249-08:00I have to say that puppy Andrew would love snow, n...I have to say that puppy Andrew would love snow, no doubt about it. We've had an early spring here. Everything is in bloom. A bit worrying because we all know more cold weather will come. Stay warm! xxPamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-21688689577780115792018-03-02T06:28:02.208-08:002018-03-02T06:28:02.208-08:00Slight cabin fever going on here too. Once we hav...Slight cabin fever going on here too. Once we have dealt with the outdoor jobs, mainly thawing out drinkers and sorting out the animals, we have to come in to thaw ourselves out and then the urge to stay indoors just wins every time.<br /><br />It's a problem for short legged little dogs at the moment isn't it. Suky runs around trying to find the lowest snowfall so that when she crouches for a wee her entire undercarriage isn't resting on snow ... I bet she's wishing she were a little boy doggy at the moment :-)<br /><br />Mavis although a small dog has longer legs so she isn't as bad. Both dogs are having a mad half hour morning and evening playing in the snow in our paddock but there have been no proper doggy walks, but they really aren't seeming to mind at all.<br /><br />Stay warm. xxSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-32052857266339766172018-03-02T06:22:13.330-08:002018-03-02T06:22:13.330-08:00Several hours of freezing rain here on Sheppey has...Several hours of freezing rain here on Sheppey has coated everything in ice and made walking anywhere almost suicidal. Can't see out of some of the house windows due to the frozen rain on them. Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-13011069144617848132018-03-02T04:01:02.571-08:002018-03-02T04:01:02.571-08:00I enjoy the snow, but from the inside of a warm (i...I enjoy the snow, but from the inside of a warm (ish) house - or pub.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-50526394731278839652018-03-02T01:05:20.369-08:002018-03-02T01:05:20.369-08:00Thanks everyone for the comments. No Times print...Thanks everyone for the comments. No Times printed today -now that is a tragedy - shall have tolook what else is available when I go into town for lunch (oh yes we are going to manage that as the main road is clear!)The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-73936766080007831862018-03-02T00:33:56.785-08:002018-03-02T00:33:56.785-08:00Good to hear that you are keeping warm, and lots o...Good to hear that you are keeping warm, and lots of phone calls to keep you company. Don't worry about Tess not getting a walk every day......the odd ones missed will not hurt her ! I am not taking the yorkie out in this weather......the schnauzer doesn't seem to mind the cold with his warm coat on.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-10920757667401595812018-03-01T20:53:00.357-08:002018-03-01T20:53:00.357-08:00Don't worry about your cabin fever, much bette...Don't worry about your cabin fever, much better to stay in the warm and read, or watch TV, or listen to The Archers. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-84918033901115770932018-03-01T15:04:44.722-08:002018-03-01T15:04:44.722-08:00March has certainly come in like a lion for you (w...March has certainly come in like a lion for you (we had more lamb like weather) so you can expect much more pleasant weather for the end of the month. We will likely be the opposite!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05224823051315463861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-66990855828897173132018-03-01T11:46:27.852-08:002018-03-01T11:46:27.852-08:00I think we are over with the snow for this year. S...I think we are over with the snow for this year. So thankful that we don’t have your current weather, I can’t stand being trapped indoors for long.Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05230334534323236665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-78537076950009062472018-03-01T11:16:43.248-08:002018-03-01T11:16:43.248-08:00ST David's Day here in Wales but the weather h...ST David's Day here in Wales but the weather has overtaken celebrations.Very,very cold.Our granddaughter is supposed to be flying out of Gatwick to Vietnam tonight at the start of a 7 week adventure with three friends.busybusybeejayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570020362062932692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-32256815089131035542018-03-01T11:09:25.222-08:002018-03-01T11:09:25.222-08:00Just a very normal Thursday here for me; warmer th...Just a very normal Thursday here for me; warmer than it has been so far this week (-12C until yesterday, -7 today when I left the house). 20 minutes of walking to my client's office, thankfully no train ride to this one, so no standing around on freezing windswept platforms. The office is warm and somis my flat; for the walk there and back, I wear my warmest padded coat, gloves, scarf, boots - the lot! Everybody on the streets looks like they are about to embark on a polar expedition.<br />So good of your friend to take Tess out when not even the official dog walkers can make it.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-35569573746148433702018-03-01T10:23:12.123-08:002018-03-01T10:23:12.123-08:00I keep wrapped up in lots of layers of clothes, th...I keep wrapped up in lots of layers of clothes, though yesterday I saw a young man on Cambridge station wearing just jeans and a T-shirt bearing the legend "Tough Guy". I suppose they don't make T-shirts explicit enough to say what he really was!John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-75282715165921228812018-03-01T09:47:57.376-08:002018-03-01T09:47:57.376-08:00It's certainly going to be a long and bitter c...It's certainly going to be a long and bitter cold night. In the gathering gloom I'm just looking at some horses on the marsh across the road, feel so sorry for them with not a stick of shelter. I just couldn't leave animals as exposed as that.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-53990675993787359162018-03-01T09:35:39.992-08:002018-03-01T09:35:39.992-08:00It appears this thing they are calling Storm Emma ...It appears this thing they are calling Storm Emma is hitting us hard in the east Derek. I assumed the blizzard was all part of the same thing from Siberia but the weather people seem to have separated it into two. Madness. So anyway, Emma is here now.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-89885770227026631712018-03-01T09:25:02.635-08:002018-03-01T09:25:02.635-08:00I had to get out this afternoon after a day of bei...I had to get out this afternoon after a day of being cooped up. Knew I wouldn’t be hungry for supper otherwise. An hour walking along snowy lanes and through the woods in a blizzard - wonderful! <br /><br />Poor Tess with the snow being deeper than she is tall. Poppy was very cold when we got back from our walk so she wore her coat for half an hour and I lit the fire for her.<br /><br /> I’ve seen a couple of solitary fieldfare today- one in our garden, one on the Lane. It may just be the weather that’s caused non-flocking behaviour. Fingers crossed. <br /><br />Stay warm and cosy indoors. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-516174430292852982018-03-01T09:01:36.690-08:002018-03-01T09:01:36.690-08:00Definitely stay indoors weather. Missing my log fi...Definitely stay indoors weather. Missing my log fire at the moment, central heating is warm but not cosy.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-5724786234784108832018-03-01T09:00:55.964-08:002018-03-01T09:00:55.964-08:00We were supposed to go to Addenbrookes but the dri...We were supposed to go to Addenbrookes but the drifts were too big, No cabin fever here.......yet...... just glad to be in the warm!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-51585840733454315592018-03-01T08:39:00.634-08:002018-03-01T08:39:00.634-08:00Fieldfares do appear on their own. Not sure why u...Fieldfares do appear on their own. Not sure why unless they spread out looking for food, now there are not as many berries. They will eat the same as Blackbirds. If you have a spare apple?! justjillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253881958131548009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-69802723545272174632018-03-01T08:15:27.868-08:002018-03-01T08:15:27.868-08:00It has snowed all day, but only the very fine powd...It has snowed all day, but only the very fine powdery stuff. Had it been full scale flakes no doubt we'd be up to our knees by now. About 65 years ago I would have loved that! Full marks to that headmaster - what a sensible and understanding man.<br />I am quite happy to hibernate for a little longer and have plenty to keep me amused and occupied.<br />Hope you can get out soon to enjoy one of your lovely lunches with friends.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-54924857743694767622018-03-01T07:57:30.791-08:002018-03-01T07:57:30.791-08:00Here's to the headmaster, and his perfect sche...Here's to the headmaster, and his perfect scheme. Those children will be in their glory.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-14301208294866734592018-03-01T07:46:32.384-08:002018-03-01T07:46:32.384-08:00General idea seems universally to keep warm.General idea seems universally to keep warm.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-64278290940915225712018-03-01T07:38:00.866-08:002018-03-01T07:38:00.866-08:00Blimey Rachel and I thought it was cold here!Blimey Rachel and I thought it was cold here!Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-45983365586520146442018-03-01T07:19:44.801-08:002018-03-01T07:19:44.801-08:00Too cold to make snowmen. We have wind chill offic...Too cold to make snowmen. We have wind chill official figure of -14 but it feels much lower. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-37937839124462513032018-03-01T07:17:36.976-08:002018-03-01T07:17:36.976-08:00The heater was on yesterday but in the lowest sett...The heater was on yesterday but in the lowest settings. I have a small heater that I turn on to warm up the air in my studio and bedroom. I really do not like a very warm rooms. But if I lived where you did with such cold/freezing weather for months not just a few days like mine... I would have a heater on.<br />I am happy Tess will have her walk.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60977776591115630682018-03-01T06:48:03.287-08:002018-03-01T06:48:03.287-08:00Cabin fever here as well. The dog and I are used t...Cabin fever here as well. The dog and I are used to our couple of hours every morning on the nature reserve but it's 8 miles away and the road across the marsh to get to it is sheet ice and snow drifts. Three days stuck indoors and we're climbing the walls but currently we have a wind chill of -9 degrees outside.<br />Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.com