Thunder and hail.

We didn’t have any frost yesterday night, clouds arrived just in time so instead we had a rather warm night. Today however the temperature had fallen down to 3 C (37,4 F) and mostly we haven’t higher temperatures that just below 10 C (50 F). It dropped down even more when the first thunder approached.

We did manage to have a rather nice morning walk. It was pretty chilly and cloudy when we started, rather late for being us, and on the way home the sun showed it self and in the forest it became warm enough where the sun reached so that some flies started to annoying us. Just a few though but sometimes those can be even more annoying than if there were a whole bunch of them 🙂 🙂

It didn’t take long before we heard the first thunder lazily rumbling from a distance. It never came especially close but we did get the rain. It was too cold to be outside in the garden and after a while I became bored so I baked bread (turned out great and when it was done I let the heat out from the oven and it filled the cottage together with the smell of newly baked bread :-). I had just tasted the first slice when the second round of thunder arrived and this time we had both rain and lightning and with a bonus gift as well, hail 🙂 No damage from it thankfully.

I’ve gotten a couple of warnings from the lightning app later on but by then the sun finally showed itself again and it did at least feel warmer. I even put on two radiators to keep the cold humid air outside. I’ve already covered the most sensitive plants outside, the web sites doesn’t show that there’s a risk of frost but if it is 6C (42,8 F) here at 10 pm and we don’t have any clouds the temperature most likely will fall down below 0 C (32 F) before the sun rise the day after.

I must admit that this hanging pot hasn’t impressed me this year. It is now finally starting to grow in it.
The butterfly bush is so close to open its flowers, I do hope there are plenty of especially butterflies left to visit it, normally there should be.
I’ve started to cut down the Grape elder and cutting back the rose behind it. So many thorns 🙂 🙂
There’s a hint of orange in the dahlia flowers so I hope that if I save the seeds I’ll get more orange or perhaps even red flowers from them.

It is time for that last cup of tea for the day and since I don’t think there is any re-run on tv that I want to watch I’ll reed a book instead 🙂

Looking at the cat.

Have a great day!

4 thoughts on “Thunder and hail.

  1. On the positive side, Sarah seems to be tolerating the collar, so if she loses it, it will probably happen honestly during the heat of a chase.

    If I put a collar on my youngest cat Tony, he immediately writhes around on the floor like I’m trying to strangle him, shoving his paws up underneath it and getting them stuck so he can’t walk and then getting his jaw caught in it so I have to take the collar off before he chokes on it. He really should be an actor.

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    1. Hi catsworking!

      I was surprised over how easy it was to put it on, not a single protest or try to get rid go it 🙂 She doesn’t even mind the little bell that constantly makes a clicking sound.

      That’s normally how most go my previous cats have reacted 🙂 🙂 🙂

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      1. When they wore collars, none of my cats wanted the bells, so I had to remove them. Those would have drive me crazy, too, with them jumping on and off the bed at night. But Sarah wearing a bell is a good idea so her victims have a chance to escape.

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