Wibbo's Words

Damn weather

It's really windy here (Met Office has overnight severe weather warnings of heavy rain and gales for the south coast). One of the downsides of living in a block of flats when it's windy is hearing garden furniture shuffling up and down on other people's balconies. Bring your furniture inside for the winter, people!

Deer mug

The wind's really getting going outside; I can hear it whacking through the plants on my balcony. The sea's a mucky beige colour and that means horrible weather. Grump.

On a more cheerful note, I bought a pretty mug for £1 while I was shopping in Tesco this morning (it's not really wonky - that's my rubbish photo). 

Staying at home

The weather's pretty rubbish today; not particularly cold but horribly windy. I can hear the wind whistling outside my windows and plants on the balcony are getting a serious battering. I don't mind cold weather, rain or even snow but I absolutely hate windy weather and you get an awful lot of it down here on the south coast. Grumble.

So I think it's a day at home for me today. I'm waiting for the next installment of Huldran due out later this afternoon and listening to this which is slightly disappointing and has the distinct whiff of a potboiler. 

Greyness

Overall cloudy and grey today; I hate it. I don't mind cold weather but this dark, gloomy stuff I can do without. There was a brief lifting of cloud earlier but I don't think the brightness is going to last.

Don't spend it all at once, Wibbo

That's the £7.30 I won on last night's EuroMillions Lottery draw. Anything is better than nothing, I suppose, but a few extra noughts in there would have been rather good.

There's a lovely sky this morning and the sun is shining. I'm out later to meet friends here (great coffee) and hope the weather holds.

It's officially cold

The cold season is officially here; Fearsome Miss Flossie is roasting her bottom in the warmest place she can find.

Fog, fog, fog

Frost and bright sunshine over Christmas has turned into fog and nasty damp greyness. I've been skulking at home to avoid the weather; reading, knitting and listening to music is much more appealing than going outside. Hope it cheers up tomorrow...

The politics of snow...

This made me laugh, particularly the photo caption.

Snow. What snow?

We've had hail and sleet this morning; now bright sunshine. Have to admit that I'm getting slightly obsessed with uksnowmap.

Cold and very frosty

I'm not keen on the weather today but rather like the spotty pattern on the pavement.

And another thing

The concept of clearing away snow from the front of your premises seems to be a foreign concept down here in Hove, in spite of the council's severe weather advice that "It is now more important than ever that residents play their part and ‘shovel, salt, sweep’ outside their homes and premises". Maybe I'm more of a misplaced/displaced northerner than I realise...

White

Today's weather forecast doesn't look too much fun either; persistent snow...

I'm impressed

Impressed with myself actually! I posted every day throughout November and rather enjoyed the discipline :o)

Snow fell overnight and more is expected later today. I have plenty of food, knitting, music and audio books and I'm happy to stay at home out of the cold.

Still no snow

I think a sprinkling is on the way tonight though. 

Computer is almost sorted - final checks being run as I write. I  heart Dell tech support. I'll be glad to get my desktop back; plan to spend this afternoon being a bit more efficient with backing up stuff than I have been lately.  Phew....

This and that

It's really cold this morning; no snow as yet but maybe it's time to break out the thermals. Just in case. I'd like to go out for a brisk walk and take some new pics for Hove Daily Photo but can't because I'm stuck in waiting for a delivery. 

The main computer is busy having a technical malfunction this morning (switches on but refuses to boot up) and I'm writing this on my old snail machine laptop. It might be old but at least it still works. Slow but sure.

This is off the needles and ready for blocking. I've run out of steam with a couple of things that are still on the needles; a little gentle frogging may be called for. I rather like frogging. Once I've got to the stage of questioning whether I like something that I'm knitting, it means that I'll never finish it. Thank goodness for ball winders :o)

Weather watch

Friday morning 8.24am, brilliant sunshine, bright blue sky, freezing cold.

You know it's cold when...

...Flossie develops a close relationship with the radiator.

Lazy Sunday

Knitting; listening to Jesper Bodilsen, Ketil Bjornstad, Keith Jarrett; lunch in the oven; washing up done; rain drizzling down outside. Pretty well perfect.

We haz sunshine...

...and I'm a happy little sausage.

Staying at home

Weather = atrocious. Planned outdoor activities = nil.