Weather!
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♥Jul. 19th, 2014 // 05:16 pm♥
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Last night, we were sitting on the front patio, with the Next Doors, having just finished dinner. It was hot, still and pretty much cloudless.
A funny white line appeared on the horizon, and came zooming towards us. Then a black bit followed on behind that.
The Next Doors decided that, all things considered, they'd probably be going home before the inevitable rain arrived. As we were putting the boys to bed, the leading white edge of the cloud came overhead and bits of twig started flying through the air. Shortly after, the rain, thunder and lightning started. It was all a bit biblical. Jodie was terrified, poor thing.
I do wish that I'd thought to get the time delay camera out when we first say it coming, it was incredibly dramatic. They're called shelf clouds, we later learnt.
It is Much Too Hot. The occasional thunder storms do cool it down, but only for a little while. And Jo hates them, poor thing. |
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Adventurous ducks
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♥Jul. 19th, 2014 // 07:37 pm♥
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Yesterday, because it was so hot, we left the gate open so that the boys could come into their stables if they wanted. That meant that the ducks had to go into the garden, because the boys Can't Be Trusted.
They seemed quite happy, though. Gytha lurked in the shrubbery a lot, and they wandered about eating bugs.
Today, we put them in the stableyard while we mucked out. About half an hour later, breaksfast barely touched, they headed back into the garden and stayed there again! If they're going to make a habit of it, I'll have to either move their pond permanently or get them a second one. |
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