Monday, April 16, 2007

Random weather blog





H recently mocked me for discussing the weather. Apparently I sounded "so English" when I used the expression "last cold snap of the winter". My addition that the UK had just experienced the warmest winter since records began was greeted with yet more mockery.

According to H this is also a very "English" thing to say. It's not that other countries don't discuss the weather, she explained, but just that us Brits are always banging on about it being the warmest/wettest/coldest something since records began.

Anyway, really this blog is just an excuse to post some pretty pictures. I had intended to make a time-lapse video of the following scene, but it soon became apparent I needed a fixed camera. Shame, because as you can see from the first and last shot, a time-lapse vid might have looked pretty cool...


I also spent time playing with my new camera settings to get some decent shots of the bluebells in our back garden...



Perhaps even more sad than this, I then waited patiently to try and get a shot of a wasp feeding, but that proved to be pretty tricky...




If only this one had focussed properly...



It's also the time of year for Jonny's favourite species to emerge...



Anyway, back to the weather. Chew's barber informed him on Saturday that it was 26c. I'm pretty confident that must be the warmest April 14th in the south of Bristol since records began.

7 Comments:

At 11:11 am, Blogger Jonny said...

B'jesus that spider looks huge! Is it? Or did you zoom in?

As for the time lapse video, yes it would have been fascinating! Honestly. Especially the cat shit that would miraculously appear.

And the bluebells. Good God man, what were you thinking?

 
At 12:08 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well it was pretty damn massive, but yes of course I zoomed in! It was probably just a little bit smaller than it appears on your screen.

Haha I was expecting some more mockery for this one. I've got to try out my new camera on something - the bluebell shots are probably preferable to cat shit. No?

 
At 2:56 am, Blogger Jonny said...

Well said Alex!

Bluebells are much preferable, yes!

The spider looks bloody huge on my screen. In fact it's like the one that ate that mouse, back in the day (quite possibly the most frightening thing I have ever seen). I'm glad I wasn't there when you took the photo, and considering the nasty ones that live out here, I consider myself very lucky not to have come across any yet (apart from those that sit in their webs, which I can photograph from a safe distance).

 
At 6:55 pm, Blogger Andy said...

Alex spammed me again, so I deleted him.

Anyway, that spider was pretty big, and I did flinch ever so slightly when I was 6 inches away with my camera, and it ran away. But I'd have thought you'd have far more impressive offerings over there. Found any under your toilet seat yet?

 
At 3:28 am, Blogger Jonny said...

Yes, we do, but thankfully I haven't come across any yet. They can kill you over here!

As for the dunny, I keep forgetting to look. I often think I should but always forget.

 
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