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Tuesday, 18 January 2011

I must be getting old

Today the sun is shining. Nothing surprising about that of course, but after what seems months and months of snow, ice and sub zero temperatures, then my "man flu"; then as I recovered the weather gave way to rain, rain, rain and more rain and although the temperatures rose into double figures, the days were dark and depressing, everything was sodden, we had the inside lights on all day, something I hate, and although usually I love the coolness and clarity of winter air, for the first time in my life I've longed for some warm winter sunshine. In fact I've longed for any sunshine at all. I must be getting old, ha ha!

Well today my prayers were answered. The clouds parted and the sun came out. Brilliant blue skies and so what if its turned colder, this lunchtime I wrapped up warm, got myself a cup of tea and stood in the carpark at work, much to the amusement of passing colleagues; I stood back against a tall stone wall and just had 10 minutes of sunshine on my face. It felt good. It felt very good. So I took these 2 poor quality photos with my blackberry as a record of the feeling that spring is just nudging it's nose out the door and wondering whether to come out. Certainly in the last week snowdrops and daffodils have begun to push through.

We've a long way to go until spring proper arrives of course, but today, I'm a happy man.... all is right with the world when the sun shines.

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10 comments:

  1. Lisa at Greenbow18 January 2011 at 14:39

    We have the dreaded rain pouring down today. The birds are singing as if it was spring. They will be sorely reminded that it is still winter by the end of the day. It is to get into single digits by night. THere is so much fog due to the ground thawing. UGH... I can understand your want of SunShine. This cloudy gloomy weather can be underwhelming.

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  2. Tricia Ryder18 January 2011 at 14:53

    You couldn't have put that better.... my sentiments exactly. And I even saw a Kingfisher again today - sparkling in the sunshine.

    What a difference a day (and some much needed sunlight) makes!!

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  3. The Wessex Reiver18 January 2011 at 17:31

    Hi Lisa, I had a note this afternoon from my family in Canada, they're predicting minus 33 tomorrow. I hope that stays stateside.

    Tricia, I couldn't agree more

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  4. Warren Baker18 January 2011 at 17:53

    Thanks for visiting and posting on my blog !

    I know exactly how that felt - standing in the sun just taking it in :-)

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  5. The Wessex Reiver18 January 2011 at 18:03

    Cheers Warren.... it looks like it's here to stay too, shame the temperatures aren't rising with the sun

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  6. ShySongbird18 January 2011 at 18:05

    Hi Andrew :) Sorry to read you were not at all well recently but glad you are much better now.
    Sorry also that I wasn't able to take part in your Christmas bird watch, that would have been fun.

    There is nothing like Winter sunshine and that first heart lifting hint of Spring! :)

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  7. Wilma19 January 2011 at 04:10

    I saw the sunshine from my office window today and was briefly cheered by it until I remembered that in the winter here in Minnesota (not so very far from Canada afterall) those clear skies mean that the temps will tumble. We are looking at -20F (-30C)for the low in a couple of days and single digit highs (less than -13C). Still, the sun looks great seen through the window!

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  8. The Wessex Reiver19 January 2011 at 10:23

    Hi shysongbird. Nice to have you back on-line again. Hope all is improving in your part of the world too.

    Wilma, blimey minus 30 is a bit cold. We worry in the UK when it gets to minus 3 or 4. Keep looking through the window at the sun, lovely

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  9. Celia Hart20 January 2011 at 11:02

    Thank you for visiting my blog... you may like to read more about the Medieval 'labours' here: http://tinyurl.com/4ufjcoo

    Then keep your eyes open the next time you're in a medieval cathedral... a whole new world will open up!

    Glad you're feeling better and ready to enjoy a new year
    Celia

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  10. The Wessex Reiver20 January 2011 at 16:12

    Thank you for the link Celia, fascinating. As you say a whole new world has opened up.

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