A Sodden Solstice

[poliphilo]

I like the Google Doodle of the knitting hands but "first day of winter"? Surely not. I've never heard the solstice called that before.

Yesterday was bright and clear; today we haven't see the sun at all. Rain has fallen steadily. The Donkey House- a former stable that is now just a place where blackbirds nest- is flooded to a depth of an inch or two.  It stands on sloping ground and the water is pouring out the back wall- through gaps in the brickwork- with force enough to power a hamster-sized water wheel.

Comments

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Well i have been out in the sodding rain all day from 10 am until 8 pm when i arrived back and thus totally fed up with it. I felt like a duck.
(Warm scotch in hand since then for remedial purposes only)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm drinking port this year. My tastes are becoming positively senescent.