An occasional journal
Weather
Evening Sundog
May 15th 2018
Yesterday was one of our sunniest days ever, and the best for nearly three years: 12.985kWh. Today was not much worse: 12.288kWh.
Admin1 is reading The Darkness by Ragnar Jonassen — disappointing, with a rather incompetent wet hen of a heroine, despite being constantly told what a great detective she is.
We are watching The City & The City.
Say Halo to Heaven
May 13th 2018
Best solar panel day this year: 11.83kWh.
Admin2 got fed up with 4321 and is now reading Fall from Grace by Tim Weaver.
We scored a pathetic 5 on the GWQ.
I Hate Rain
Apr 28th 2018
Written on the road and strangely not washed away.
Admin1 is reading Smoke and Mirrors by Elly Griffiths. Admin2 is reading The Rift by Nina Allan: a different missing girl story.
We scored 11.5 on the GWQ.
Lovely Weather for Ducks
Apr 27th 2018
Admin2 is reading District VIII by Adam Lebor; a Roma policeman with an estranged wife investigating a possible murder of a Syrian refugee in Budapest. Too boring and sexist to finish.
Meet the New Cat (2 of 2)
Apr 26th 2018
Here’s the shy brother cat which has a slightly lighter coat and a less stripy tail. And here’s a rainbow.
Admin1 is reading The Dead Tracks by Tim Weaver. Admin2 is reading The Mechanical Devil by Kate Ellis.
Rays of the Day
Apr 21st 2018
These crepuscular rays after a 10kWh day preceded a spectacular midnight thunderstorm. April has been a rollercoaster of a month.
Admin1 is reading The Ninth Grave by Stefan Ahnhem.
Mr Blue Sky
Apr 19th 2018
Warmest April day since our records began and allegedly for the last 70 years: 30.4 °C.
Weather of the Day: Fog
Apr 9th 2018
Admin1 is reading Victim Without a Face by Stefan Ahnhem. Admin2 is reading The Night Ferry by Lotte and Soren Hammer.
We scored 10 on the GWQ.
Blue Skies
Apr 5th 2018
A sunny day after a sleety night. And a square balloon to publicise a new shop.
Admin1 is reading The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths. Admin2 is reading The Chosen Ones by Scarlett Thomas which was magic.
Corona
Apr 3rd 2018
Sun behind clouds reflected in puddle. It rained today, but not like yesterday.
Admin2 is reading Holy Ceremony by Harri Nykanen; another story of long-delayed school revenge killings and very interesting until it was hastily wrapped up at the end.
April Showers
Apr 2nd 2018
Non-stop sleet and rain. Over 21mm (which is nearly twice what we got in the whole of April 2017) and a top temp of 6.0 °C (which is less than half our lowest daytime temp in April 2017, and indeed our lowest ever recorded April temp). Roll on summer.
Admin1 is reading The Night Ferry by Lotte and Soren Hammer.
Rainbow
Mar 29th 2018
First rainbow this year (that we’ve noticed). There has been plenty of rain but not enough sun.
Admin1 is reading I Am Missing by Tim Weaver.
A Grand Sunset
Mar 27th 2018
A pretty sunset from Grand Theft Auto 5. Admin1 is at 99.29% completion — just need to attain par at golf and do a couple of shooting range challenges now…
Admin2 is quietly reading Silence by Jan Costin Wagner.
Oh No! More Snow
Mar 18th 2018
Admin2 is reading Stockholm Delete by Jens Lapidus which is rubbish; too many gangstas.
We scored 7.5 on the GWQ after a late goal from Dave.
Weather of the Day: Rain
Mar 15th 2018
What a miserable year it has been so far.
Admin1 is reading The Mechanical Devil by Kate Ellis.
Snowman’s Land
Mar 8th 2018
After the Beast from the East comes the Pest from the West. This is what we woke up to this morning:
By the afternoon it was all gone, apart from the melting snowpeople. Admin2 is reading Eighteen Below by Stefan Ahnhem (a somewhat preposterous but pacy story) on a day when it eventually reached 10.5 above.
Coffee of the day: Red Roast Blend: mellow.
A Charm of Goldfinches
Mar 4th 2018
Admin1 is reading The Lake by Lotte and Soren Hammer.
We scored 8.5 on the GWQ.
Black and White
Mar 3rd 2018
Blackbird and starling sheltering from the snow.
One snowy day in March, Admin2 is reading The Familiar 1: One Rainy Day in May by Mark Z Danielewski (hard to categorise, but a labour of love with masses of magical illustrations, typographical tricks and interleaved narratives, each in a different font, and an enormous number of volumes to follow).
An Ice Day
Feb 28th 2018
Last night was the coldest night since 2010: -5.3 °C and the coldest day since 2013: -0.1 °C. As for the solar panels: not a watt.
Admin1 is reading Trophy by Steffan Jacobsen. Admin2 is reading Graft by Matt Hill; a cyborg from another dimension meets some prize specimens of Manchester low life.