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Not exactly an art discussion but after seeing and hearing about your dreadful storm on our news, I am quite concerned about you all. I do hope that you are all OK and are able to keep warm enough. I imagine Sylvia that you won't try to do your hospital visits until it is over? I'd hate to think of you getting trapped in heavy snow. How are things up in Dundee Syd? Is this exceptionally bad for UK and Europe in winter? All my best wishes for it to blow itself out before too long, do hope so.
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Well, it's winter: we've had 'em before, we'll have 'em again. For my part, snow has now hit the Isle of Wight, and because it's hard for me to walk on slippery surfaces I'm housebound while this lasts. I assume Scotland (Syd) and Wales (Sylvia) are worse hit. But I'm equally sure these tough characters will survive, as, I hope, shall I.
At least we tend not to have bad earthquakes, typhoons, hurricanes, tsumamis, etc. So most of us can just shut the doors, draw the curtains, get our paints out, and pretend nothing is happening.
And if the worse comes to the worst, I do have a store of wine bottles underneath my bed; I'm sure Syd has a single malt or two tucked away; and Sylvia - well..... you just never know with Sylvia, do you? There is a rather fine whisky made in Wales, could I but remember the name ..... and I doubt that the Baileys, egg-nog, or, as a last resort, Sanatogen mixed with Benylin, are too far away.
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I'm in northern Essex. Send a St Bernard dog with a large barrel of brandy around its neck.
On second thoughts, skip the dog; just send the brandy.
It's cold and windy and there's a bit of snow on the ground. We'll be fine. Give it a few weeks we'll all be complaining about how hot it is; never happy us Brits :-)
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It sounds like most of you are well supplied with the necessities, and can stay indoors, draw the curtains, get out the paint and pretend nothing is happening, as advised by Robert. I can quite relate to not wanting to risk high moorland and wooded passes Sylvia, do hope you're not snowbound for too long. Hope the brandy turned up Alan, with or without dog attached. Syd I just loved your channeling Corporal Frazer, wasn't he marvellous, the voice and those eyes! I'll be following the news from here and hoping that it blows over before the essential supplies run out.
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I guess we don't get this weather often enough to have the resources to deal with it. We had snow yesterday, and the temperature never got above freezing...they forecast the same for today. I'm an old codger so I'll be staying in. As the schools were closed we had our grandchildren yesterday...two boys...10 and 11...they thought it was wonderful. They were in our garden laying in the snow making snow angels, snow balls were flying, when they came in they were wet and cold and beaming with joy. I guess your mindset on this is age dependent, 10 years ago I'd have been out there with them.
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My biggest problem at the moment is a) no gin in the house!; b) no joint for the weekend, though I shan't starve; c) only one cigar left.
That, and the ever-present threat out here of power-cuts.
On the plus side though - the weather has brought a host of birds to the feeders - redwings, which I've not seen in 40 years, Fieldfares, ditto, greater-spotted woodpecker; green woodpeckers; long-tailed tits; blue-tits; great-tits; and of course, innumerable crows - landlord put some dog-food out for them .... went down VERY well. As did my (uncooked, obviously) porridge/porage oats. Plus the usual avian contingent. And a 22 year-old neighbour lifted my crabbed old heart this morning, when he knocked on the door and asked if he could get me anything I needed from the village - very touched.
So - 'orrible though the weather is, and no, I don't want to go out and paint it thanks all the same, there are compensations. One of which is NOT the electricity bill.
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My solar panels were covered in snow yesterday, but fortunately the gales have blown it off. Sent hubby out to do some shopping today. He only just managed to drive out of the icy drive. Tied up some fallen jasmine. Noted the animal tracks in the 2 inches of snow. Black birds look a bit sorry for themselves as they don't eat seeds from the feeder and would dearly love some meal worms. Seagulls are flying low over the land, but not finding much to eat.
Had a couple of duvet mornings, but cabin fever is setting in!
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Think back to standard issue wellingtons, and those painfull rings they made around your legs, trams, trains and buses that managed somehow to keep running despite the worst of weather, football socks, two pairs of pants, balaclavas, wooly gloves and mitts and what was a "gritter waggon?" Even the co-op delivery horses and dray horses turned out. Despite all we got to school and work on time and then had to go home, make the fire and get the shovels out. Emptying the fire ashes was handy because they could be spread on paths to avoid slipping. Put the shovel up to the fire with yesterdays paper in front (posh folk had metal blowers) get it roaring, have tea then settle down to Dick Barton, Special Agent, on the wireless..Those were the real winter days...Ah, the memories...😆