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[NickFitz]

Lunch has been the croissants I forgot were there at breakfast time, with strawberry jam

It looked like it was going to brighten up here an hour or so ago, but now it’s gone all gloomy and misty again

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Sunday.

Damp.

Sunny.

Blue sky.

Chilly in here at 13.5 deg, 12 in the kitchen, 10 in the leanto.

1002 mBar, 29.59 in Hg, 751.6 Torr, 14.53 psi, (up from 999 last night assuming I tapped it), 67% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 7th of March 2020 Brillo, BR14, WTFH, NF, LM and I popped in. LM had a cold.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: my tinnitus.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the grey gloom.

"A look at life": xmas item production lines.

Tea: beans on toast etc. Entertainment: that R4 joining things up thingie: camels, the Black Death, Berlin, The Loch Ness Monster.

"The halfway house (1944)" with Glynis Johns.

Sergeant Cork S2 E4 "The case of the hangman's noose". Dunno what the fuss was about: they'd done away with hanging people for stealing hankies years before. .

"Oppenheimer (2023)". Seems a bit slow. <click>.

Book.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

A happy Winter Solstice to all!

(It’s actually at 15:03 this afternoon.)

Grey day here, with a hint of mist. It’s 7°C again but no “feels like” is given, so it isn’t windy; the expected high is 9°. The barometers are nominally down but really much of a muchness at 997/1005mB

[NickFitz]

They deigned to give us some wildlife programming today, having apparently used up all their Christmas stuff too early

And later, I watched the final “making of” episode of Kingdom on iPlayer

Tonight’s reading has been Into the Raging Sea by Rachel Slade, about the loss of a container ship in the Caribbean in 2015: “Thirty-three mariners, one megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro”

Goodnight all

[xoggoth]

Woody volunteery thing this morning, was nice and sunny. Got a nice hug from a youngish lady cos she broke my spade. Well worth it.

PS Santa Claus, Elves and Reindeer are all going on strike this year.

[NickFitz]

Tea was brought to me from KFC

Quite a lot of leftovers too, due to it being a festive special offer

[NickFitz]

Ah, the forum’s recovered then? I wasn’t sure if the above had posted or not

[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

Sunny day out, though with a fair number of clouds hanging around. It’s still a little breezy, which allegedly makes the current 7°C “feel like” 2°. But that’s as high as it's going to get today, so we just have to make the most of it. The barometers are trivially down at 999/1007mB

I’m having croissants with strawberry jam for breakfast

[WTFH]

Afternoon all
Sunshine and a few clouds blowing through.
Washing on the line, base for gravy in the oven.

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Blue sky with occasional fluffs and wisps. Currently 9 degrees and that's the high for the day. Cloud cover set to increase this afternoon. Barometer down to 1011 mBar.

Sunrise 08:04; Sunset 15:54 GMT

Lazy start to the day. Had a strange dream this morning, which I can still remember - that's very unusual for me.

Steeling myself for a visit to Westfield shopping centre at Shepherd's Bush. I don't want to go but it offers the greatest chance I'll get of picking up cards and a couple of small gifts.