I began the day by watching yesterday’s Wales/Scotland Six Nations rugby match on BBC iPlayer.
Wind howled; chimes swung about all over the place; garden pots thudded to the ground outside; raindrops spattered bleary windows down which channels coursed throughout the day in which I posted https://derrickjknight.com/2022/02/13/a-knights-tale-102-enter-mordred/
and watched the Match between Italy and England on ITV.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s flavoursome chicken and vegetable stewp and fresh crusty bread, with which she drank Hoegaarden, while I enjoyed a glass of The Second Fleet Clare Valley Merlot 2020 afterwards.
Good way to spend an otherwise dreary day.
Good way to spend an otherwise dreary day.
Thank you very much, Pat
Good to have sports on during days like these. We had rain most of the day, so after my chores, it was Olympics for me.
It seems to have been wet in most places. Thanks a lot, GP
It definitely look like a good day to stay in. I misread your statement about the wine at first, and I thought you wrote you had a second glass. 😏
🙂 Thanks very much, Merril
You’re welcome!
It looks as though there are thousands of tears on your windows… I do hope that is not a reflection of the match scores today?!
Jackie’s stewp sounds perfect… comforting, warming and, I’m sure, totally moreish – unlike today’s weather!
Thanks very much, Emma. I was happy with the match scores. 🙂 Thanks very much
typo in ‘stew’
No typo, but thanks anyway, Bridget. Now in dictionaries stewp is a word coined for very thick soup which is more like a stew. WP don’t like it either.
Never heard of it or read it anywhere, perhaps something more used in the UK
Maybe so. It is not in Miriam-Webster
Definitely a day to enjoy the cozy indoors. Great photos
Thanks very much, Holly
You’re so welcome!
You’ve had some dreadful weather! It’s in the 80’s here, but will drop to the 60’s by mid-week. It’s the hottest Super Bowl (football) ever!
That must be tough for those players in all their armour, Janet. Thanks very much
Some days it’s just nice to stay in. It snowed much of the day here, but there’s not much to show for it–too warm.
Thanks very much, Lisa. Snow and warmth is an interesting combination
A day much like ours but windier. A good day to spend indoors.
Thanks a lot, Tootlepedal
Ooh! I love rainy days! These are some wonderful photos…from the inside out! I love seeing Nature’s “paintings” on the window panes using raindrops! 🙂
(((HUGS))) 🙂
Thank you very much, Carolyn X
Same here too Derrick, Rain has never stopped… Loved seeing your rainy photos… 🙂
Thank you very much, Sue
Definitely a day for staying indoors.
Thanks very much, Rosaliene
Ours was a day like yours too. Just about two whole weeks of wind – but our first day of heavy rain. ( I think!)
I liked the bed breakfast sign sign, though it’s perhaps a good job you don’t advertise Evening Meals because I think you might have a long queue at your door!
Today was a good stay-indoors day for us as well. Our outside temp dropped 30 degrees from yesterday’s. Of your “raindrips on windows” photos, #14/17 was my favorite for its simplicity.
I’m very pleased you lied that one, Liz. Thank you, as always
You’re welcome, Derrick.
Certainly, a good day to stay indoors, Derrick!
Thanks a lot, John
Our day is supposed to look like that tomorrow, except not quite as windy as it appears where you are. It was beautiful here today, in the lower 70s.
I hope you are not having too bad a day today, Lavinia. Thanks very much
So far, just a bit misty and drippy.
Glad you stayed in warm and cozy. Nice photos!
Thanks very much, Jill
We had a good day to stay in, too. I love how you see things that seem ordinary, like raindrops on windows, and turn them into art.
Thank you so much, JoAnna
We can see why you and Jackie had a “stay in” day! Just looking at the precipitation on your windows and outside made us feel, well, damp. 😉
Thanks a lot Maj and Sher
What a weather! A good day for watching a game.
Thanks a lot, Laurie
Beautiful rainy pictures … our forecast keeps predicting rain for our region … the clouds build .. sometimes there is even a rush of warm wind … and the blue sky appears!
Good luck and thanks a lot, Anne
On the insde looking out Derrick .. Oh there is a poem in this somewhere …
Looking Through A Window
What a dull way
To start a poem
“Looking through a window”
I was told by my teacher
If he saw a poem
Beginning with that line
He wouldn’t read the verse
Saying the words were over used
But in all honesty
Here I am
Sitting at my desk
“Looking through a window”
And the sky is a gloomy gray
So what else could I say
About this lonesome day
Another one of solitary downplay
Beautifully done, Ivor. Thanks very much
My peasure Derrick ..
Looks like a good day to stay in.
Indeed. Thanks very much, Mrs W
Your welcome.
Ah, so you also had less than “user friendly” weather, Derrick.
Yep. Thanks a lot, Dolly
You are very welcome, Derrick.
Hope there’s no lasting damage to that glorious garden
It usually survives, Sheree, but we have more days of rain and wind interspersed with better ones to come. Thanks a lot
Fingers crossed 🤞
I saw a bit of Wales v Scotland but I was amazed at how so many of the forwards were such very strangely shaped men. The result of 20 hours a day lifting weights, presumably!
Indeed. Thanks a lot, John
You left us in no doubt about the superior advantage of staying inside on the day. The photos combined with your crisp narration have smashed the point home.
Thanks a lot, Uma
Send some of that moisture this way, Derrick. We neeeeeed it! Also, your Fleet Clare Valley Merlot sounds interesting. I need to look up that winery. It’s new to me.
Thanks a lot, Jan
It snowed last night! Yay!! Thanks for sending some of that moisture this way! ⛄️ ❄️
Better than nothing