The wind is getting up quite a bit and the sky is very omnibus, getting
a darker grey by the minute. It's hard to tell because the light is bad
but it may be raining on top of the fields on the horizon.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 2013-10-26 17:37:11 +0000, Chris Hogg said:

On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 18:35:44 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:


Michael Fish event of 1887
LOL. YKWIM!

Well, they do say we might be into history repeating itself. ;-) No
rain here at present but the wind is a little higher than it was.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

In article ,
says...

The wind is getting up quite a bit and the sky is very omnibus, getting
a darker grey by the minute. It's hard to tell because the light is bad
but it may be raining on top of the fields on the horizon.

Rain Radar web site for 7.30pm shows whole of devon &
cornwall having a good soak.

Also been raining here on & off since around 5.00pm.

--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

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On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 17:45:39 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

The wind is getting up quite a bit and the sky is very omnibus, getting
a darker grey by the minute. It's hard to tell because the light is bad
but it may be raining on top of the fields on the horizon.

Not here as yet but as we are rather exposed on top of a hill on the
South Devon coast (550 feet up) we are quite used to breezy weather.

The '87 storm brought a number of mature trees down in the wood but at
least our neighbour has had his oaks and beeches topped a bit which is
slightly comforting as they would take out a fairly large chunk of our
living area if toppled by the forecast south westerlies.
--
rbel

On 2013-10-26 20:31:52 +0100, rbel said:

On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 17:45:39 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

The wind is getting up quite a bit and the sky is very omnibus, getting
a darker grey by the minute. It's hard to tell because the light is bad
but it may be raining on top of the fields on the horizon.

Not here as yet but as we are rather exposed on top of a hill on the
South Devon coast (550 feet up) we are quite used to breezy weather.

The '87 storm brought a number of mature trees down in the wood but at
least our neighbour has had his oaks and beeches topped a bit which is
slightly comforting as they would take out a fairly large chunk of our
living area if toppled by the forecast south westerlies.

It's gone very quiet now, no wind, no rain. The worry with a storm at
this time of year is the leaves are still on the trees and give them
windage. That was the trouble in 1987, too.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 17:45:39 +0100, Sacha wrote:

The wind is getting up quite a bit and the sky is very omnibus, getting
a darker grey by the minute.

The radar is howing it to be a bit damp in the southern end of the
country. The 1800 chart has a fairly non descript feature for this
storm, it'll have to deepen a lot and rapidly to give any serious
trouble.

It's likely to track south of us so we won't get much in the way of
wind or rain but we have had about 4" of that over the last few days
anyway. The latter part of next week might be more interesting as
the next atlantic complex sends lows across Scotland. Cold arctic air
looks as if it might get dragged in as well, 1st snows of the year
are sort of due end of Oct early Nov.

--
Cheers
Dave.

Know what you mean. We had a clap of thunder last night which sound like a double decker bus being dropped on the road outside.

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
The wind is getting up quite a bit and the sky is very omnibus, getting a
darker grey by the minute. --

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


You wait ages for one storm, then two come together :-)

What a lovely Malapropism.

Bill

Bill

On 2013-11-07 17:48:39 +0000, Bill Grey said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
The wind is getting up quite a bit and the sky is very omnibus, getting
a darker grey by the minute. --
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


You wait ages for one storm, then two come together :-)

What a lovely Malapropism.

Bill

It's a Ray-ism. ;-) He always says that and it's passed into the family
dictionary and is now officially official!

--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2013-11-07 17:48:39 +0000, Bill Grey said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
The wind is getting up quite a bit and the sky is very omnibus, getting
a darker grey by the minute. --
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


You wait ages for one storm, then two come together :-)

What a lovely Malapropism.

Bill

It's a Ray-ism. ;-) He always says that and it's passed into the family
dictionary and is now officially official!

--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


It makes for a more colourful life. I have one I just can't shake off. A
friend had a Sealyham Terrier, and as a joke I called it a Selenium Terror,
now I'm stuck with it.

Bill

On 2013-11-07 21:54:15 +0000, Bill Grey said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2013-11-07 17:48:39 +0000, Bill Grey said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
The wind is getting up quite a bit and the sky is very omnibus, getting
a darker grey by the minute. --
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


You wait ages for one storm, then two come together :-)

What a lovely Malapropism.

Bill

It's a Ray-ism. ;-) He always says that and it's passed into the family
dictionary and is now officially official!

--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


It makes for a more colourful life. I have one I just can't shake off.
A friend had a Sealyham Terrier, and as a joke I called it a Selenium
Terror, now I'm stuck with it.

Bill

;-) Sounds appropriate to me! My ex-husband (who was NOT into
gardening at all) once pronounced Cotoneaster exactly as it is spelt.
That passed into family folklore, too "shall we plant a cotton easter"?
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

On 08/11/2013 18:38, sacha wrote:
On 2013-11-07 21:54:15 +0000, Bill Grey said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2013-11-07 17:48:39 +0000, Bill Grey said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
The wind is getting up quite a bit and the sky is very omnibus,
getting a darker grey by the minute. --
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


You wait ages for one storm, then two come together :-)

What a lovely Malapropism.

Bill

It's a Ray-ism. ;-) He always says that and it's passed into the
family dictionary and is now officially official!

--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


It makes for a more colourful life. I have one I just can't shake
off. A friend had a Sealyham Terrier, and as a joke I called it a
Selenium Terror, now I'm stuck with it.

Bill

;-) Sounds appropriate to me! My ex-husband (who was NOT into gardening
at all) once pronounced Cotoneaster exactly as it is spelt. That passed
into family folklore, too "shall we plant a cotton easter"?

That's the way my late mother always pronounced it

On 2013-11-08 18:53:06 +0000, David Hill said:

On 08/11/2013 18:38, sacha wrote:
On 2013-11-07 21:54:15 +0000, Bill Grey said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2013-11-07 17:48:39 +0000, Bill Grey said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
The wind is getting up quite a bit and the sky is very omnibus,
getting a darker grey by the minute. --
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


You wait ages for one storm, then two come together :-)

What a lovely Malapropism.

Bill

It's a Ray-ism. ;-) He always says that and it's passed into the
family dictionary and is now officially official!

--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


It makes for a more colourful life. I have one I just can't shake
off. A friend had a Sealyham Terrier, and as a joke I called it a
Selenium Terror, now I'm stuck with it.

Bill

;-) Sounds appropriate to me! My ex-husband (who was NOT into gardening
at all) once pronounced Cotoneaster exactly as it is spelt. That passed
into family folklore, too "shall we plant a cotton easter"?

That's the way my late mother always pronounced it

And one can see why - makes more sense to the eye. But that did not
detract from the considerable teasing that went on in our family, I'm
afraid. His parents were considerable gardeners and I was starting to
improve my game, so the poor man didn't stand a chance! Ray and I
differ on pronunciations of plant names but it's an amicable wrangle -
Clematis, Alyogyne, Chaenomeles lead to debate!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

On 08/11/2013 19:09, sacha wrote:
On 2013-11-08 18:53:06 +0000, David Hill said:

On 08/11/2013 18:38, sacha wrote:
On 2013-11-07 21:54:15 +0000, Bill Grey said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2013-11-07 17:48:39 +0000, Bill Grey said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
The wind is getting up quite a bit and the sky is very omnibus,
getting a darker grey by the minute. --
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


You wait ages for one storm, then two come together :-)

What a lovely Malapropism.

Bill

It's a Ray-ism. ;-) He always says that and it's passed into the
family dictionary and is now officially official!

--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


It makes for a more colourful life. I have one I just can't shake
off. A friend had a Sealyham Terrier, and as a joke I called it a
Selenium Terror, now I'm stuck with it.

Bill

;-) Sounds appropriate to me! My ex-husband (who was NOT into gardening
at all) once pronounced Cotoneaster exactly as it is spelt. That passed
into family folklore, too "shall we plant a cotton easter"?

That's the way my late mother always pronounced it

And one can see why - makes more sense to the eye. But that did not
detract from the considerable teasing that went on in our family, I'm
afraid. His parents were considerable gardeners and I was starting to
improve my game, so the poor man didn't stand a chance! Ray and I
differ on pronunciations of plant names but it's an amicable wrangle -
Clematis, Alyogyne, Chaenomeles lead to debate!

What about the Day Lily Hemerocallis (Hemero callis or Hemer ocallis)

On 2013-11-08 19:28:53 +0000, David Hill said:

On 08/11/2013 19:09, sacha wrote:
On 2013-11-08 18:53:06 +0000, David Hill said:

On 08/11/2013 18:38, sacha wrote:
On 2013-11-07 21:54:15 +0000, Bill Grey said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2013-11-07 17:48:39 +0000, Bill Grey said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
The wind is getting up quite a bit and the sky is very omnibus,
getting a darker grey by the minute. --
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


You wait ages for one storm, then two come together :-)

What a lovely Malapropism.

Bill

It's a Ray-ism. ;-) He always says that and it's passed into the
family dictionary and is now officially official!

--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


It makes for a more colourful life. I have one I just can't shake
off. A friend had a Sealyham Terrier, and as a joke I called it a
Selenium Terror, now I'm stuck with it.

Bill

;-) Sounds appropriate to me! My ex-husband (who was NOT into gardening
at all) once pronounced Cotoneaster exactly as it is spelt. That passed
into family folklore, too "shall we plant a cotton easter"?

That's the way my late mother always pronounced it

And one can see why - makes more sense to the eye. But that did not
detract from the considerable teasing that went on in our family, I'm
afraid. His parents were considerable gardeners and I was starting to
improve my game, so the poor man didn't stand a chance! Ray and I
differ on pronunciations of plant names but it's an amicable wrangle -
Clematis, Alyogyne, Chaenomeles lead to debate!

What about the Day Lily Hemerocallis (Hemero callis or Hemer ocallis)

Hemero carllis. ;-) The opportunities for debate are endless e.g. Nye
fophia or Niphoffia (Kniphofia) I knew someone who pronounced Dahlia
as 'Darlia' but don't know anyone who pronounces Fuchsia as Fooksia.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk