The Onset of Winter
Sullen clouds, dark and menacing
Hang in the sky.
The air is damp and cold –
Frozen fingers, nose and toes.
Drip, drip, drip from the branches
Hanging down towards the ground.
Winter’s start. Sudden, fierce, chill.
Not forewarned, but expected
Nonetheless.
Photo: Author
NB – This photo was among those taken
in 2009 after a ‘freak’ five-minute storm
©DGA
Adeeyoyo's Blog 
07/06/2010 at 7:09 am
I remember that storm 🙂
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07/06/2010 at 7:39 am
Teeny little iceblocks that shaved the paint off the side of the house and made a salad of the leaves on the trees! I was sorry I didn’t grab the cellphone sooner – the air was white – and it was over so fast!
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07/06/2010 at 7:55 am
it or its brother ruined my garden,
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07/06/2010 at 10:02 am
I’m sorry, Sidey! I was upset about my house and it still hasn’t been repainted.
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07/06/2010 at 3:24 pm
We have that rain here at the moment and I have to go out tonight!!!
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07/06/2010 at 5:55 pm
I hate driving in the rain at night, Gran. Take care. 🙂
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07/06/2010 at 6:57 pm
A very vivid picture you’ve painted Adee. Goosebumps 🙂
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07/06/2010 at 7:28 pm
Thanks, Halfy, hope you week is going well. 😀
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07/06/2010 at 9:07 pm
You describe it so well Adee, I can feel it. HUGS!!
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08/06/2010 at 5:15 am
Hi Rea, how lovely it is to see you again! Are you changing over, or going to use both? HUGS to you too, whatever you decide!
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07/06/2010 at 11:01 pm
Very good pictures, word and actual! That must have been quite a storm – but it certainly left a snow-like, really chilly appearance!
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08/06/2010 at 5:19 am
It was really strange, Col. I suppose it was hail; the little blocks were less than ½cm small, very even, tightly packed, and took hours to melt even though it wasn’t that cold at the time. Thank you for your comments which I find very encouraging.
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08/06/2010 at 6:20 pm
That must have been so scary…. I love winter – but I always feel so sorry for those living in shacks with little or no covering what so ever… 😦
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08/06/2010 at 6:31 pm
It wasn’t scary, it was ‘too weird to be scared’, lol! Yes, I can’t bear to see the conditions some people have to endure. I wish all very wealthy people had to pay a tax to be used exclusively for the relief of poverty/suffering and for education/training.
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