Monday, May 25, 2009
Opposide ends
This morning was cold, wet and miserable. This afternoon is bright and sunny.
Iceland has a variation in weather that is comparable to the north of England at its best. It's one of those places where the comment if you don't like the weather then wait fifteen minutes is regularly correct. Today started of very cold and very wet; we had quite a lot of rain last night and by the time I went into work this morning it was lightening slightly but was still pretty cold and miserable. I wondered, when I looked out of the window this morning, whether the mountains on the other side of the valley would have a fresh covering of snow (they didn't, as it happened).
By lunchtime it had at least stopped raining, although it was still very grey and cold. By the time I left the office at about 16:30 it was cold but beginning to brighten up. Now (20:00) it is quite bright and sunny outside, although from the looks of the trees - which finally have some leaves! - it's still rather on the windy side out there. The mountain snow is drawing back rapidly but is still bright in the sunlight. And the sunlight will still be there until the sun drops below the mountains at about 22:30 - it doesn't actually set until after 23:20 now, and will rise again before 3:00.
The sunlight and relative warmth are making their presence felt in the garden. The grass is now long enough that I'm going to have to see about getting it cut. More importantly, though, the rhubarb patch is looking good. I foresee the contruction and destruction of a number of rhubarb crumbles in the not too distant future.
Iceland has a variation in weather that is comparable to the north of England at its best. It's one of those places where the comment if you don't like the weather then wait fifteen minutes is regularly correct. Today started of very cold and very wet; we had quite a lot of rain last night and by the time I went into work this morning it was lightening slightly but was still pretty cold and miserable. I wondered, when I looked out of the window this morning, whether the mountains on the other side of the valley would have a fresh covering of snow (they didn't, as it happened).
By lunchtime it had at least stopped raining, although it was still very grey and cold. By the time I left the office at about 16:30 it was cold but beginning to brighten up. Now (20:00) it is quite bright and sunny outside, although from the looks of the trees - which finally have some leaves! - it's still rather on the windy side out there. The mountain snow is drawing back rapidly but is still bright in the sunlight. And the sunlight will still be there until the sun drops below the mountains at about 22:30 - it doesn't actually set until after 23:20 now, and will rise again before 3:00.
The sunlight and relative warmth are making their presence felt in the garden. The grass is now long enough that I'm going to have to see about getting it cut. More importantly, though, the rhubarb patch is looking good. I foresee the contruction and destruction of a number of rhubarb crumbles in the not too distant future.