6.1.2020 Grey, grey and more grey.

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Monday 6th 43F, a bit misty with a very dark grey overcast and a light breeze. 09:00 and it is still quite dark! It looks like it is raining but I can't be certain until I go outside. Nope. Still heavily overcast as the mist clears very slowly. It drizzled for most of the day while I worked on a project at home.

Dirty car production and sales continue to fall. The lack of clarity over likely, clean air legislation is blamed. Not sure how that works when sales are down to 2013 levels.

Tuesday 7th 43F, dark grey overcast with rain. The promised sunshine has been cancelled. A few small blue patches sailed over on my walk to the village. Not enough to bring any sunshine.

Wednesday 8th 46F, windy, heavy, dark overcast but slightly milder.  We are threatened with some sunshine after lunch.The sky remained leaden on my brisk walk to the lanes. A line of geese were heading south and then suddenly turned west. Very odd, but I suppose they know what they're doing. There was never any sunshine.

Thursday 9th 39-48F, very, very, dark overcast. The forecast is rain with sunny periods or rain without sunny periods. Eeny, meany, miney mo. In fact it was raining and then not raining and then raining harder. Fortunately I am comfortably waterproof thanks to my clothing upgrades of this year. It rained all day but became milder in the afternoon.

The news is that many, common, prescription and over-the-counter drugs can seriously affect a user's mental behavior. Many in the medical profession are in complete denial. Keep taking the tablets. Sadly, this means I have no excuses for any errant behavior. We prefer not to take any tablets at all.

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5.1.20 Dumb and dumber?

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Sunday 5th 35F, cool, dark grey and almost calm. A light crust of ice lay on the puddles. With just a hint of crunch to the lightly frosted grass.

There was a gorgeous, orange sky in the east for just a little while. Though another, long, grey day lies in prospect. In fact the sky remained beautiful for the duration of my walk. Both speckled and marbled grey and gold by turn.

A solitary, juvenile swan seemed confused. As it beat the air noisily, flying back and forth three times, over the same half mile route. It continued out of sight on the fourth lap. Perhaps it has been separated from its family.

I am still seeing Redwings and Fieldfares foraging the fields and hedges. While pretty Bullfinches are enjoying the tall weeds on some rough ground. Sometimes it is difficult to walk the drive unhindered without disturbing a dozen Blackbirds and just as many Sparrows.

I can't help but notice recent news headlines about the ultra-ultra-ultra-ultra-ultra-trivial. Is mankind descending into mass, drooling idiocy? Or are the headlines simply descending to the same level?

As absolute proof I offer:

Expressing online hatred for participants in TV programmes.
Online and physical attacks on sportspersons or their property.
Seriously?

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4.1.20 "And don't call me Sauron!" 😊

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Saturday 4th 40F, dark grey, blowing a gale and raining. Some sunshine is promised in a late update. It may stop raining at 10 or it might stop raining after lunch. Eany, meany, miney, mo.

The laden leaden sky started to break up during my walk. It is now sunny with rapidly thinning cloud.

Coyote "AWOL" Morrison is getting heartily sick of whinging fire victims going on global TV. So he has sent in 3000 army reserves to help the unpaid voluntary firefighters. Some of whom have lost literally everything, including their own lives, while fighting other people's fires. Many firefighters have not received any wages from their regular jobs while firefighting.

Coyote "AWOL" has also set aside $10m of coal laundering money for hiring water bombers. And, as a great personal favour, even given special permission for the planes to be temporarily housed at forces airfields. 

Now we just need to hear that the Ozzy insurance companies are refusing to pay out on fires because the firefighter was not present to extinguish his own flames. Or, their favourite get out clause: The fires are "an act of god." I'm pretty sure even "AWOL" would deny he's that important. Except to himself, of course. What a way to run somebody else's country! 

"And don't call me Sharon!" When asked the name of climate activist, Greta Thunberg, on a panel show, a clueless actress went completely blank and answered "Sharon." Never mind, Greta, at least she didn't call you "Sauron!" We'll leave that to the corrupt dictator of pro-coal USA. Or even the corrupt, pro-coal, gas and oil, dictator of Proto-Soviet Russia II. 😉

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