Tomsprints
@tomsprints
Long time social media user. Anglo-Irish by birth. Ex local government. Retired to some good years as freelance photographer until the pandemic. Been a successful Masters sprinter, but injuries have called time on that. Always a “weather nerd” too.
Yup, totally agree. When he discovered there was a thing called the Rochester Sweep’s Festival, every May Day bank holiday weekend, he decided it must have been arranged in his honour. 😏 He takes me with him every year now.
Today’s Guardian website is reviewing tents. One of their review categories is “Best tent for camping”. Er, yes, as opposed to what, exactly??
The first of my big ”japanese” lillies has flowered. Exactly the same day as it did last year and in 2024. There are about 14 more, only one of which is close to its bloomsday at present. The size, shape, scent and colour always make this a big day, for a humble, amateur gardener like me!
I was brought up to believe it was wrong to speak ill of the dead. But I was also brought up that there’s exceptions to every rule.
A great contributor’s letter in today’s Guardian, in a piece about memory loss etc in older people:
I’ve been at work at sorting over 20 years-worth of miscellaneous photos from my travels. I’ve rediscovered old friends and made some surprise finds. Like these two shots: one is the joint-shortest place-name in France. The other, I photographed in Annecy a few days later:
This, below, is the kind of news item that makes we amateur weather nerds chuckle:
And another near-nonsense headline from the Guardian’ headline bots. Why “as”? Why not “and”?
More Guardian “as”- related nonsense from their headline bots. No, there was no causal link between the UK red heat warning and the power outages in France. “and” would be an appropriate and unambiguous link.
Which is cause and which is effect? The Guardian headline bots love to use “as” whenever they can, usually leaving us none the wiser:
I’m wondering if the Guardian headline bots think these events are connected?
Proper yellow, eh? But a sad tale this year. Its usual delightful, single bloom appeared yesterday, which is when I took this shot. However, last night’s vicious thunderstorm in the south east then stripped it of all of its petals.
It’s been quite a wet and noisy last couple of hours in Kent. Not over yet, either.
A 180 degree pano from where I’m currently sitting. On the Kent coast, looking out across the English Channel. It’s fully low tide, and all mud-flats out to the WW2 “Mulberry Harbour” (the thing that looks a bit like a boat in the photo.) Temperature is close to 30C. But with a blissful breeze.
OH and I celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary today. Well, I say “celebrated”. We actually did Parkrun. And no, I didn’t wear my bum-bag like that for the whole 5km.
Which is cause, and which is effect here? The Guardian headline are bots obfuscating again. All down to their love of using “as” as an all-purpose conjunction.
A bit of very nasty weather moving in to my part of the world in the last half-hour or so.
The Iris Dell at Wakehurst is looking rather special at this time of year:
The predominant colour at Wakehurst, Kew’s Sussex countryside retreat, is, erm, green this week. Hadn’t been for a while and had a very nice visit.
Some very big, very white, late rhododendrons, photographed at High Beeches, in West Sussex, yesterday.
This striking floribunda rose, seen at Nymans yesterday, is called “Brush Strokes”. Want one.
This bundle of fluff came to see what might be for (his) lunch, T Nymans, yesterday: