Tales of Home [6]

Yes Blue, SNOW is lovely, especially as it gently flutters down in a moonlit night, but, not icy cold, wet, wind & rain in yer face wherever you turn & your feet get cold & wet & your nose is so cold you cant tell if its dripping till you make a puddle round your feet !

Well, I turn on the news and find out princess Kate was visiting kids just a few blocks from me. I wasn't notified.

Maybe there was a reason?

Any excuse for a shopping trip. Bloody royals!

Some more pics from the local camera club, and one taken by a friend-







And the one from a friend I used to work with, thats her in the pic in fact so I suppose her hubby probably took it-

Agreed Lance but, methinks that maybe THESE Royals MIGHT actually consider, & be in touch with, the very people they could be reigning over one day and stop being such Stuffed shirts ?

Smashing Petty ! Like the 1st one very much, & the rounded view of the deer is lovely

methinks that maybe THESE Royals MIGHT actually consider, & be in touch with, the very people they could be reigning over one day- Ariel

I think harsh lessons were learned over Charles and Diana.
And I also suspect Kate is a very strong person, has a cold ruthless streak (true nobility always do) and a plan.

Apparently there is a play, in a sort of Shakespeare style going on in London right now set when Charles is King, that is getting rave reviews. Any of you Southerners seen it?

Found a trailer for it -King Charles III

Well, that looks very interesting ? Not that Im a true blue Royalist as Im not but, seeing a new monarch in my lifetime is an event. Id like to see the rest of that. Ive deliberately shut myself orrrf from the world as media goes, my choice on my own part & that much happier for it. Ive become that much sedate ( or is that sedatED ?) either which, ( or is it senile ?) I cant make my mind up what sort of a king Charles will be, Camila will be alright....she'l have the royal stables..ho ho.

From what Iver read about it they portray Charles as the opposite sort of Monarch to the Queen, where she never speaks out or lets her private views be known Charles is more man of the people, public opinions but therefore causing political problems for the government and constitutional ones on his role (oddly enough that was the same conclusion they came to when imagining his reign in House of Cards), and Kate is portrayed as the being the strong, behind the scenes manipulator trying to get her hubby on the throne instead of Charles.

Things are getting a bit wild here- winds whipping up and a lot of rain, sleet and other unpleasantness as a rather large storm front and tidal surge heads our way



Some pics taken earlier today, the worst is yet to come, this is just the edge of it-

whats that black hole thingie?

oooh fookity dookity
That isnt good, Its getting a bit lairy down here also, very cold,biting, raw wind.

whats that black hole thingie?- Figg

The heart of the beast!!

(Its the tidal surge- on which point a friend just took this picture -)

Oh my giddy aunt I dont like the look of that

The peak doesnt hit till tomorrow- thats just the start of it!

Well, we fjordlandians at least are very thankful for you guys standing in the way and bearing the worst of the brunt of it.

Very decent of you, chaps. Very decent indeed.

Glad the UK can be of some help Tsk

batten your kilt down Petty, I suggest ductape.

With my hairy undercarriage!

The wind here is roaring like an angry ocean ! sturdy trees are bowing & flaying about ! Oh fook !
Hows it your end Petty ( & I mean...the weather )

My end is getting a fair battering

By coincidence we've been having the same weather on this continent. I'm just back in the house, building up to fire to dry off after going around picking up all the bits that have blown of the buildings and trees into inappropriate places.

Other than some light rain, its fine down here in Hampshire at the moment

Cold and Wet, but not life threatening or remotely exciting...