About Me

My name is Jules and I am a wife, mum and nanna. I have recently taken early retirement from Special Education which was a job that i really loved. I am loving life and fully intend to make the most of it making some fantastic memories along the way. Family and friends are very important to me and I enjoy spending time with them. I love socialising and having a laugh.

Saturday, 13 October 2018


Mad, mad weather.
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Hello Everyone.
Well the weather here has been mad this last few days. It has been hot enough to be able to go out without a sweater or jacket. Cold enough for my trusty Ugg boots to be dragged out from the depths of my winter wardrobe. So windy that we worried that we would lose the fence panels, the greenhouse door had to have a very large and heavy garden ornament pushed up against it to stop if flapping in the wind and whilst pegging out my washing under the carport I truly feared for my life as it rattled and banged and a piece of the corrugated roof flew off! :0  On top of this we have had a frost two mornings and so much rain in a few hours that I contemplated building an ark! What on earth is going on?
What has happened to our lovely predictable seasons here in the UK? I must admit that in the past I have always been more than a bit sceptical about the doom and gloom  and scare mongering of the scientists who appear on the news to tell us about the effects of global warming. Well, no more, I am convinced that they were right all along and hope that it isn't too late to try to reverse or at least stop this from happening further.
I was chatting to a neighbour who said " global warming, bring it on! I love the warm weather" I didn't say it but mentally I thought " then why not move to a sunnier climate?"
 I love our seasons.
I love the autumn leaves falling and changing colours in the garden, watching the birds and squirrels collecting the acorns from our tree to store for winter.
 I love the first snow of winter when I can go for a walk, wrapped up in my hat, scarf and gloves. Home again after into the warmth of the house and snuggle up with a hot chocolate.
I love spring when the snowdrops, crocus and daffodils start to appear and all the plants in the garden spring into life. I love watching the ferns in the hedgerow unfurl.
I love the long days of summer, walking on the beach, ice creams, eating outdoors and it still being light at ten o'clock. 
I love living here in my little cottage, with all the wildlife ( some not so much!) and having the privilege of being retired and having time to enjoy it.
Jules x



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8 comments:

  1. Dc13 October 2018 at 07:17

    Same here on seasons. I don’t think people understand global warming and it’s impact. Hot dry summers will be the least of our problems.

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    1. Unknown13 October 2018 at 21:58

      Agreed, I live in East Anglia, most of that will be marshy bogland again if sea levels rise.

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  2. Retire-reduce-relax13 October 2018 at 11:45

    Absolutely true. It's so sad what is happening.x

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  3. Bea13 October 2018 at 12:19

    Ditto here as well. Some folk assume that California 'has no seasons', but we do, if however subtle. Our 'new normal' includes massive annual wildfires.

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  4. Debi.13 October 2018 at 15:38

    Before he died 4 years ago,my Dad said that Man was destroying the planet...and I do think that it is true.When I was a kid,Im sure that I was wearing gloves at this time of the year.I mentioned on Ilona,Mean Queens page that the wind in my garden was so warm today,that it felt strange!I love my 4 seasons!xx

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  5. only slightly confused14 October 2018 at 15:59

    I used to enjoy all the seasons but now that I'm a bit older and a tad more decrepit I'm not so fond of winter with slipery surfaces underfoot. Still, it is nice sitting inside watching those big fat flakes float by the window.

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  6. galant15 October 2018 at 12:37

    I love our seasons, too, but prefer spring to any other. It also seems the shortest of the seasons, no sooner have the snowdrops appeared than we're seeing the cow parsley and bluebells in the hedgerows and soon it's a canopy of green leaves heralding summer. Autumn is lovely, but what follows - cold and wet and winter - I'm not keen on at all. I can't bear the dark mornings and dark evenings, or when it never gets lighter than 'dim' for most of the day! I know a lot of people love this season, feeling that it's cosy, and light candles (did you now that lighted candles are one of the great indoor pollutants, making the atmopshere up to 30% worse?) and cosy up with rugs and throws, but I love sunlight, open windows, the scent of newly cut grass. For me it's "roll on spring!" I've planted tulips and narcissus bulbs, at least that's a step in the right direction!
    Margaret P
    www.margaretpowling.com

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  7. only slightly confused17 October 2018 at 06:12

    I;m with you on that one...I love our seasons as well. Maybe not quite so much in the winter but even that has its beauty.

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