Chris wants to see Dorset. I will find some of my own pictures to post up but for the moment I will borrow these.
Archive | Dorset
Snow from the north?
We live slap in the middle of Thomas Hardy country. Here is Weatherby castle just to the north of us. The picture was taken about midday today with snow predicted soon! The little bridge you can see in the middle of the picture is the site of the Roman Road that runs East /West across […]
Tree down
Lucky, no animal was underneath nor escaped to explore the Dorset byeways.
Now for the big freeze
As predicted the weather is getting colder. The temperature has dropped below 4 c for the first time this winter.
“Smokie” the shetland’s lunch
Just to prove we have a sunny lunch hour! Here is “The Smoke” trying to get into his lunch bucket which he always moans is too small!
Rain
So January has come and the rain with a vengeance. The water meadows are water-logged as they should be and it is wet dog time too. We hear of a hard winter arriving in the USA so it is only a matter of a couple of weeks and it will be on us too.
Spring Flowers start to grow November 2006
Is this more evidence that things are going haywire in climate? Daffodils, snowdrops, crocuses and hyacinths are all pushing up above ground. One daffodil is 5 inches high already. We haven’t had a frost here yet and it is the 26 November 2006.
Camera broken
Summer is long gone but I found this picture of a French visitor from last August. As our summers get hotter due to climate change, we are attracting more and more hot (and cold) weather visitors.
Dorset Stone Sculptor, Mike Chapman
I hope you like Mike’s work. This one is at the top of the steps into St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square. It is amazingly simple and was commissioned for the Millenium in 2000. “And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us” St. John 1, 1:14
Not so crazy aims
I think we should all have an idea where we would like to be in 10 years time I too hope it happens in 2, great stuff and Good luck Jo, I think quite a lot of us have the same aim. Have a look at http://www.crazygoals.co.uk/main.aspx?pg=featuredgoal.aspx@@@IDGoal=66779
