Weather Report..................

[trixie88]

again....wet grey miserable cold damp quite UGGgg

 

[Full Member]

It's 24°C, sunny and still here in Playa Taurito.
The flora, including this hibiscus, seems to be enjoying the sun:



To me it looks particularly smug.

Colin

 

[Pauljenny]

We will have an identical one, on our terrace, if the sun stays out and the weather holds.
Lunch outdoors, Pomegranate tree cropped and pruned, this morning.
Relaxing now as the whole Whovel basks in the aroma of cooking Xmas Cake.
Must remind myself to hide the best port and brandy.

 

[Val54]

We've had so much rain that the ground is now diggable. Management wants a Jasmine plant moving ...

It's snagged up in the roots of the Olive tree and I'll probably kill it... Any tips ?

You need to cut it back hard beforehand and try and get as much root growth as possible to give it a fighting chance ........

 

[Pauljenny]

The Jasmin..
Thanks Dave , I've informed Management.

 

[Val54]

Heavy overnight rain and a murky grey drizzly morning........now where’s that sun lamp. ....

 

[2cv]

Murky but dry and 8 degrees this morning 🌫🌫🌫

 

[Pauljenny]

Looks like we had some surprise light rain overnight..
Very humid, this morning 15 degrees and hazy.
Monthly Gipsy market , down the lane. Judging by the BBQ smoke drifting up, the breeze is unusually southerly.
I suppose we'll have to go down and sample some..

 

[trixie88]

same as yesterday here in n. yorks.....coldd wet damp dreary............had enough of this weather now..so i have

 

[Full Member]

It's very blue and about 24°C here in Playa Taurito. The air is still and waves are breaking gently on the beach below.
And I don't feel smug.
No, really.

Colin

 

[Pauljenny]

My best advice to Trixie, is to follow Colin's example . You only live once.
Meanwhile, back in the real world :
We decided to lunch outside, at 16 fair degrees.
The wind changed, blowing the salad off our plates.. Monster grey clouds shuffled over us.
We're indoors with the heating on.
I blame that Bing Crosby..!
Ever since the Radio 4 Today programme played his new release, White Xmas, the weather has got worse.
For sale..
One heavy duty , industrial strength, Smug filter..
Hardly used, surplus to requirements..
Guaranteed to work in every one of The Canary Islands.

 

[Full Member]

My best advice to Trixie, is to follow Collins example . You only live once.
Meanwhile, back in the real world :
We decided to lunch outside, at 16 fair degrees.
The wind changed, blowing the salad off our plates.. Monster grey clouds shuffled over us.
We're indoors with the heating on.
I blame that Bing Crosby..!
Ever since the Radio 4 Today programme played his new release, White Xmas, the weather has got worse.
For sale..
One heavy duty , industrial strength, Smug filter..
Hardly used, surplus to requirements..
Guaranteed to work in every one of The Canary Islands.

If I could have put more than one '' emoji on your post I would have posted 10 of the things, Paul.
That was a laugh-out-loud moment.
Thanks.

Colin

 

[Pauljenny]

Got to always look on the bright side, Colin.. There's always someone worse off than yourself. It's a Yorkshire thing.
In your particular place, there's millions of people worse of than you.
Enjoy your holiday..
.
.
And try not to feel too guilty.

 

[Campervanannie]

The weather here in Scotland is cool and damp but great views at our wilding spot moving on tomorrow.

 

[jagmanx]

This maybe a repeat but I sometimes forget to push the Post Button
28deg here in Thailand..RealFeel 34
Sunny and clear but a nice breeze !
A bit cool at night 21 deg
With the possibility of of it going as low as 12 in early December.
Apart form the odd thunderstorm rain unlikely for several weeks.
The locals have all harvested their rice crop and it is out for drying on most of the available spare land and in some cases on one half of a rural road !

 

[2cv]

8 degrees this morning and murky. Dry for now but drizzle expected at times throughout the day. What a difference to last month for us. 🌫️🌫

 

[Pauljenny]

15 murky, damp degrees .
All is grey.
Enlightened by the song of a , newly arrived , Rock Thrush.. He sounds happy.

 

[Pauljenny]

This maybe a repeat but I sometimes forget to push the Post Button
28deg here in Thailand..RealFeel 34
Sunny and clear but a nice breeze !
A bit cool at night 21 deg
With the possibility of of it going as low as 12 in early December.
Apart form the odd thunderstorm rain unlikely for several weeks.
The locals have all harvested their rice crop and it is out for drying on most of the available spare land and in some cases on one half of a rural road !

 

[Full Member]

+ one.

Colin

 

[Full Member]

The temperature plummeted to 19°C overnight here in Gran Canaria but despite that we left the patio doors onto the balcony open.
We're sufficiently tough for that.
Today it's warm and blue.
I've missed the Brompton and the gym here is being refurbished so we've wandered up the surrounding hills, around the rim of a volcanic cone and along barancas. The flora doesn't seem to have registered that it's winter. The bushes up on the hillsides appear dead from a distance:



.... but up close:



(This flower is about 1cm across).

The prickly pear fruit is ready to eat (but I forgot to take along my penknife):



There's those beautiful examples of symbiosis, the lichen, in abundance:





And in the slightly less arid spots the Canaries Aeonium:



(These flower heads are about 15cm base to apex).

Colin