Oh my goodness, I have posted nothing since May! How did this happen? I apologise. I have been busy perfecting being lazy by sitting on my sofa doing absolutely nothing other than complaining about the weather and worrying about the state of the world.
I can do nothing about the world. Or the weather.
BUT….it seems, I CAN take photographs of the sky….
From dark and brooding….
April…
…to mysterious…
…clearing to blue…
And let us not forget the ground under my feet….
From lush green….
….to meadow flowers…
…and a swathe of yellow!
I will try harder in July to bring you uplifting posts – yes, hopefully more than one post!!
I have Pierce Brosnan in the wings; something a little Scottish; some calligraphy; and maybe a lot more hot air.
Wonky Words 
Oh! Moody skies and shady green woods are worth the wait.
By the way, have you somehow managed to majickke all that Devon-ish rain to this corner of Empire? Sydney is about to go under(well, their local paper is about as truthful as London’s Daily Mail so…) and it’s been coming down like stair rods here. A bit bothersome, but I’m not going to whinge as we didn’t have a lot during the “rainy season.” BUT…the electric blanky will be fetched down from the high cupboard.And my fingers say “no more keyboard unless I wear gloves!”
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Dinah – No, the rain is still here using the spitting format. I am sorry that the bulk of rain has escaped to Australia – it’s been difficult to contain it all in Devon, but I have done my best!
I am wearing a vest, long sleeved T-shirt and a winter jumper – the electric blanket idea is tempting me!
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The National Blogging Institute has duly noted that you didn’t blog in June, and sanctions will be applied once they have been agreed by the Disciplinary Committee. They’re not fooled by your attempts to charm them into forgiveness with lots of pretty pictures. Especially as you left the gate wide open and all the cows have escaped.
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Nick – Ack. I knew I would be in trouble – sheer forgetfulness and lack of stuff to write about – other than rainfall. I will take the sanctions – I hope they don’t stop me using the words ‘anyhow’, ‘and’, or ‘Floccinaucinihilipilification’.
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I want to ‘like’ Nick’s comment, but I think Blogger/Google are having set-to with WordPress as a window keeps popping up then vanishing before anything happens. Christ only knows how I managed to leave a comment – although, I note that it’s linked to my emergency WordPress account…
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WordPress sometimes rejects my likes when I’m not signed in properly – and sometimes it simply rectifies itself. Stoopid WordPress.
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Oooh … it’s like receiving half a dozen picture postcards at once! And to think that someone told me that it was all miserable, muddy and dank out your way.
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Batarde – Don’t be fooled by that blue sky – it was still flipping cold! And the only time it was warm enough to go out without a coat I got bitten by a Horse Fly. Typical.
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Damn horse fly waiting for you to appear.
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Bill – lt was! I am a tasty morsel.
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It’s a good snapshot of how changeable the British weather really is… Jx
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Jon – It’s amazing how quickly the weather can change. I’m out for about an hour and a half each day, and during that time I can experience 4 seasons. I never know the best thing to wear – though my outfits usually feature wellingtons, and thick socks.
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What are those yellow flowers?
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Ms Mistress – I’m not 100% sure, but possibly Rapeseed? Bright and cheerful in any case!
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Yes it’s Rapeseed used mainly for making biodiesel, I once had a dalliance with a gentleman in a rape field got absolutely covered in yellow, I looked like a trifle, and it doesn’t smell very nice.
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Mitzi – So long as you didn’t look like a custard tart.
I have had a dalliance on a cricket green, and ended up looking like a plate of broccoli. There’s a lot to be said for owning a picnic blanket!
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We’re having problems here in Canada with people taking selfies in the middle of our fields of yellow canola crops, trespassing on farmers’ property and trampling all over the crops. Anything for an Instagrammable moment.
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How incredibly wide-open Devon is! Or at least where you live, sweetpea. I guess I’m too much of a city girl for all that gorgeous nature. xoxo
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Savvy – I think Devon is the third largest county in England and is mostly wide open space. Exmoor is fantastic as you can see countryside for miles and miles.
Devon feels like one of the wettest counties, but it isn’t – there’s more water up North. Flipping cold though at the moment.
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After seeing those photos I’m now yearning for another down south odyssey.
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I shall get the spare room ready!
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Well… I shall allow the laziness, but only because your Mysterious Sky and Lush Green have me somewhat entranced. Now that you’ve posted (and with another on a promise – whether it is or not), does this mean I can stop trying to make up for your absence by posting every few days?
* crosses fingers and hopes that the hot air will be balloon-related rather than paint stripping-related *
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Oh my goodness, Mr Devine, you have been picking up my slack! That must be heavy now, please sit down and have a well deserved rest.
I will do my best to publish more posts.
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With all due respect, no words needed with these fine pictures.
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Awwww! Thank you, Mistress B!
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In an reply above, you wrote “dalliance on a cricket green”. Surely that would make for a great future post.
Weather – unfortunately it appears the world will be seeing even more extremes in the future. Too much energy in the air and not enough in the world leaders.
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Bill – Everything is too extreme and crazy these days. Our world leader is having a very bad day – maybe we’ll get a new one soon!
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The weather has been the same here in the Pacific Northwest. These are lovely pictures! Of course, I’ll be hiding in the lush green picture with all our other pallid friends, so we don’t get sunburnt in those moments of clear skies.
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Mels – I have yet to crack open the sun cream this year. Which is unusual. I haven’t needed it since I’ve seldom gone out without a coat. I do, however, have brown hands. Apparently it’s going to be hot next week, so look forward to my post complaining about the heat!
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Great photos! I do envy you the flatness of your landscape. We’re in the bottom of a valley here, surrounded by hills, so I don’t see such skies often. X
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Thank you, Eryl! I live on a sort of plateau – I could instead walk down the very steep hill – but that would mean having to walk all the way back up again! I will in Autumn – too warm for that sort of malarkey at the moment.
I love the dramatic landscape of Scotland, and the moody mountains. It is definitely gentler here, and a little bit fluffy.
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Yes, I’m looking forward to your post complaining about the heat….
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See below, Nick!
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I think you are hot, arn’t you not ?
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Funny you should ask, Mr Mags, I am a bit! Although at this very moment it is only 17 degrees centigrade, but the house hasn’t cooled down. And yesterday we had rain, because this is Devon and that’s what Devon does! And I’m very thankful for it! Our top temperature in the West Country was 36 degrees in Bude on Monday, which was a record breaker for us. It’s all been very strange, and not normal at all.
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What is this “rain” you talk about ?
The weatherpeople predicted that yesterday (Tuesday) should be the hottest day of the year, but today (Wednesday) seems to be even hotter. When I step outside it feels like walking into hot cotton. 17° C would feel like winter ! And I thought you’d walk right in the middle of brown, sun-baked ex-meadows with forest fire smoke playfully curling. AT least according to the “Daily Nuisance” Britain is burning down actually.
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Mr Mags – Indeed, the rest of the UK is on fire! The West Country is clinging to it’s usual climate and won’t give up without a fight – admittedly the hedges are brown, and we are not as verdant as usual.
I originate from the South East and can quite understand why it’s on fire – a lot less rain in those parts, and climate change is tipping it into the hell fires. Always hotter in the East as well. I feel very lucky to be in the west – very, very grateful for the rain – I may never complain about the mud again!!!
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Yesterday, even the wind was hot. It was like opening the oven door to get a pizza out!
However, not everything’s on fire. Just a few fields in some rural outskirts that don’t even deserve to be called “London”… Jx
PS It’s back to normal temperatures here today, yet the trains are still all disrupted. I blame people, not heat for that. If it’s hot, everything stops. If it’s cold, everything stops. If there are leaves falling from the trees, everything stops.
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Jon – Any excuse to stop!!! I heard Dartford Heath was on fire, and I thought: nothing new there as it was always on fire at some point in the Summer, but generally this didn’t make the news at 6! On the other hand, the houses being burnt to the ground looked pretty scary.
We had rain again today!
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