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Actually two of them, but I didn't have the camera with me when I saw the first, and clearest one. The general situation was overall altocumulus (allover highish cottonwool balls) and there was this funny funnel thing hanging down. Where it came from, the cloud had re-organised into a circular eddy. According to the book it is called a Fallstreak Hole, and can happen when something disrupts the layer of air that the clouds are sitting in. Well, we have RAF Coningsby nearby, and some of those jets they send up have a whole lot of hot gas coming out of their rear ends.
Some garment have names and this one is called the "Doiley Blouse". Many years ago, my OH was out of work, and we were in a bit of a pickle. A local lady found out that I could sew, and offered me work trimming sheets and making cushion covers. The fabric she passed over was of a quality I didn't know existed. It was such a pleasure working with it. One day she called to pick up some finished work, and the children were all around the table "making" clothes for little dolls - using sellotape and staples as fastenings, while I was at my sewing machine on the little table in the corner. That was how I worked - a better height table and I didn't have to put it away to serve a meal. She was delighted to see how they amused themselves, and said she would send around some bits left over from her shop - which I believe had been a very classy soft furnishing boutique. Some of the stuff they got to play with, but there was a lot that I snaffled double-quick and some was the broderie anglaise on this blouse. Both girls wore it, not a lot - too fussy, but it was my whim and I am still glad I made it. It has now had the crisp yellow elastic replaced in the sleeves and will soon be winging its way to the Granddaughter, for when she wants to be a princess, after a day in workaday school clothes.
We had two Hibiscus bushes which were getting more and more straggly and sick, so out they came. This is one of the replacements - a Crab Apple which is doing very well for it's first autumn here.
I don't know whether we are feeding birds or mice with the windfalls, but it is unlikely to be the usual wasps. They must be having a bad year in these parts - I have seen very few.
The Witch Hazel is beginning to colour nicely.
And the Pyracantha will soon be ready for the birds. Won't take the sparrows long to polish that lot off!
Today he brought me a present from his walk with the dog. A primary wing feather from a Barn Owl - moulted not lost in trouble so that's Ok.
I must stop running down my little point-and-shoot - with the help of some good sunlight, I was able to capture the tiny fluffy hairs on the barbs, which are the Barn Owl's secret of flying silently. This feather must now be put in a very safe place, ready for the next visit from Grandchildren so they can have first lessons in the use of a magnifying glass.
This light effect fairly took my breath away! The sun was shining through a hole in the clouds and creating a broad rainbow, which the camera just about captured. I wish I had something more sophisticated than this point-and-shoot AND knew how to use it!
I am more than pleased with the Arne & Carlos Regia sock yarn.So accurate that the pair are truly identical. They will be comfy too - Regia is.
The next item has no photo. OH called me out to the garden to show me two little grey/black "deposits". Hedgehog Poo! So we have got one of our little friends on slug patrol -Hooray. Very fond of the beasties.
It has taken since the last post (Last Christmas) to get a photo across the great electronic ocean and have it appear here. Not for the want of trying, and I don't believe it was all my fault. There have been plenty of frustrated attempts.
I want to say thank you to Mary Berry for the cake pictured. It is blueberry and lime drizzle cake and it is also luscious. Improved by the blueberries being home grown and therefore much sharper and tastier than shop bought. The lime glaze seems to hold its tang for longer than a lemon one. That is quite an issue when there are only the two of us to eat it. I have several tempting American and German cake recipes, and they seen to think that if you make cake you are feeding a small Scout Troop - not very helpful to a pair of crumblies who ought to keep their consumptions modest!
We took the Magic Dog to visit our daughter and her offspring, and she behaved impeccably. "These cushions are just what I need to make myself at home."
