Van Dykeing the flue and bunging on the new salt-caked short smoke-stack

The weather here this rather august August has been roasting hot, monsoon rains, blasting winds, very occasionally, very briefly quite … More

Shelter animals hit the roads and skyways

Shelter animals hit the roads and skyways from the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge blog. Who let got the dogs … More

Today is autumn. It’s (relatively) warm, but dark and with belting winds and lashing rain. It’s delicious. Yesterday was summer. … More

I noticed in the evening that there was something right dodgy about this cloud. Is it an almost but not … More

So in immediate celebration I am cookering a hot meal. A curry to be precise. A “Whatever is in the … More

… was set off by one particular lightning strike and peel of thunder last night. It was.. impressive. Otherwheres had … More

Any of you trapped overseas in any of the more moist and over-heated hell-holes of the world may well laugh, but … More

Let us see what today brings, shall we? More of the same, I suspect. Ugh! How hot and humid was … More

Yesterday hereabouts was – in old money – 90° of the Flaming’eckanoids and as humid as the inside of a … More