It starting to get rather windy here and its raining leaves, the bin and my large pot of dahlia are already on the floor , just taped the GH vents shut. Had the red sun here as well ( Lancashire ) otherwise it been a nice day warm and some blue sky this afternoon.
I don't know or care where the dust came from, but I know where it is now - all over our cars. Hand wash job coming up as I don't want to grind it into the paintwork.
On a lighter note , and to maybe raise a smile or two ; Ophelia is a beautiful name for a woman . Not much though if she happened to marry someone with a name like the MP Ed Balls !...........
We are still OK up on the North Coast of Ireland. The electric hasn't gone off and the strategy of putting pots on their side has worked fine. One or two rose bushes had a bad battering, so I will remember to give them a quick prune next time. We have actually had worse winds in the last week than those so far, but the wind hasn't changed direction yet, so we will have to see.
Joyce21, very sorry to see that your daughters tree came down on the garden. Looks like it's made a terrible mess. We've had trees down in the garden before. At first it seems like the end of the garden, but things that have survived start appearing out from under the branches, and once it is all sawn up, sawdust gathered and taken away, or put somewhere for burning it will all seem much more like home again. Do you know someone with a chainsaw?
Thanks for sharing that Dinah, it's a help to us in South West Scotland. Stay safe and I hope the power stays on we have had some flickers but so far so good.
we lost a huge beech two years ago and, as you rightly say, what we felt as a devasting loss has turned into an improved area
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
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It starting to get rather windy here and its raining leaves, the bin and my large pot of dahlia are already on the floor , just taped the GH vents shut. Had the red sun here as well ( Lancashire ) otherwise it been a nice day warm and some blue sky this afternoon.
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I don't know or care where the dust came from, but I know where it is now - all over our cars. Hand wash job coming up as I don't want to grind it into the paintwork.
Perki, a roof panel has been slightly dislodged.
Patio pots and plants including three large acers have been destroyed.
The wind is whipping up here in SW Scotland and I hope that trees in the wood behind me don't come down.
Stay safe Joyce and everyone else
A A Milne
On a lighter note , and to maybe raise a smile or two ; Ophelia is a beautiful name for a woman . Not much though if she happened to marry someone with a name like the MP Ed Balls !
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PS Hope everyone affected got 'through' OK !
We are still OK up on the North Coast of Ireland. The electric hasn't gone off and the strategy of putting pots on their side has worked fine. One or two rose bushes had a bad battering, so I will remember to give them a quick prune next time. We have actually had worse winds in the last week than those so far, but the wind hasn't changed direction yet, so we will have to see.
Joyce21, very sorry to see that your daughters tree came down on the garden. Looks like it's made a terrible mess. We've had trees down in the garden before. At first it seems like the end of the garden, but things that have survived start appearing out from under the branches, and once it is all sawn up, sawdust gathered and taken away, or put somewhere for burning it will all seem much more like home again. Do you know someone with a chainsaw?
Thanks for sharing that Dinah, it's a help to us in South West Scotland. Stay safe and I hope the power stays on we have had some flickers but so far so good.
we lost a huge beech two years ago and, as you rightly say, what we felt as a devasting loss has turned into an improved area
A A Milne