Good morning everyone.

It's dry and bright ATM with possibility of showers later.

I hope it stays dry for your walk to church, El, and your walk with Bramble, Summer.

We're still deciding what to do today. If hubby has his way, it will involve food.

Have a good day, all.

Good morning everyone, a dry and cloudy morning. I can hear motorbike noises so I guess they are having the annual motorbike scramble at the farm just up the road.

Where we used to live was on the path of one of the Guide Dogs for The Blind training routes so we used to see them being trained all the time, very interesting.

I was listening to Don Black the other morning, and he played Barbra Streisand 'People'. Her voice does sound very sweet when she's singing that song and I had the window open, I could see quite a few birds flying in and perching in the trees, the only conclusion I can come to is that they were coming to listen!

Enjoy your day everyone

Back from church and, as expected, no rain. The main road must have been opened than stated as traffic was there as normal.

Yogi, I hope whatever you do does involve food as otherwise you'd starve

Squiggle, there's a woman who lives in my area who has been in the area for longer than me and has been with a guide dog throughout that time. Always a golden retriever - that seems to be the breed of choice.

One advantage of wakking to church this morning was that I walked past:

Good evening crikey, that's a striking dog indeed! Did you stroke him? 

I'm glad you had a nice walk and that it stayed dry today El 

my walk was dry too and it just started to rain as I got back home, I had a bath and then needed a nap bramble woke me and I fed her, but I've come back to bed for an early night because I'm still tired  

i hope you've all had a good day  

Evening all 

I think golden retrievers are often used as guide dogs as they are very clever and have such a nice temperament. Our first retriever would have made a fantastic guide dog but I think Keira would have been too skittish. 

I hope you've all had a good day.

~Sweet Summer~ posted:

Good evening crikey, that's a striking dog indeed! Did you stroke him? 

I'm glad you had a nice walk and that it stayed dry today El 

 

my walk was dry too and it just started to rain as I got back home, I had a bath and then needed a nap bramble woke me and I fed her, but I've come back to bed for an early night because I'm still tired  

 

i hope you've all had a good day  

Hi Summer. You should have an early night 

El Loro posted:

One advantage of wakking to church this morning was that I walked past:

Gorgeous dog.

Evening yogi! how's your day been? Are the boys back in one piece? 

lol Yes, they are all back in one piece.

Youngest son said it was a good laugh. I'll get the full story, next time I see one of them.

Hehe! I hope they're all hungry, a good feast will help. I bet they've had a good laugh 

have you been watching CBB?

I'm going to turn in yogi, sweet dreams  

leaving goodnight hugs for ros, and velvet & moonie if they pop in  

~Sweet Summer~ posted:

Hehe! I hope they're all hungry, a good feast will help. I bet they've had a good laugh 

have you been watching CBB?

I'm watching CBB and so far it's pretty rubbish.

~Sweet Summer~ posted:

I'm going to turn in yogi, sweet dreams  

 

leaving goodnight hugs for ros, and velvet & moonie if they pop in  

I hope you have a good sleep and feel refreshed in the morning. Sweet dreams, Summer 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros and Velvet 

El Loro posted:

One advantage of wakking to church this morning was that I walked past:

gorgeous EL -i have a friend who has  a huskie just like that one

night yogi summer velvet

Goof morning everyone

Damp morning here.

Summer, no, I didn't stroke the husky as I needed to get to the church on time. I'm glad you got home before the rain proper started and hope you had a refreshing night's sleep

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning A bright start here today but clouding over rapidly

i hope you've all slept well and feel fresh this morning 

Good morning everyone 

Weather is cloudy atm.

Summer, I hope you slept well and feel refreshed.

Have a good day, all.

Good morning everyone, a grey morning and definitely chilly for August, it does feel like Autumn already.

Enjoy your day everyone

Squiggle, the weather in my area tomorrow is definitely Autumn with rain much of the time, temperature colder than today and a stiff notherly wind making it feel 14 degrees maximum - it does get a bit better on Wednesday.

There have been 3 types of snake native to the UK, the adder/viper, smooth snake, and the grass snake.

But it turns out that there are 4 types as scientists have decided that the barred grass snake is a seprate species and not a subspecies of the common grass snake,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40853286

Evening all 

I've never seen any snakes when I'm out and about, have any of you?

I'll be in the CBB thread and then the Eden one.

Evening night owls I'm late tonight, I've been going crazy after this week's episode of Game of Thrones- phew! 

I hope you've all had a good day

Sweet dreams velvet

night yogi summer velvet

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Velvet, Ros and Summer 

Goodnight Ros & yogi

Good morning everyone

A damp day here and not very warm.

As I've mentioned before, many years ago we were on Leckhampton Hill, scrambling down a slope when my mother shouted out to me to stop immediately as I was going down towards a nest of baby adders. Elsewhere I have seen grass snakes - they are harmless.

I hope everyone has a good day

Pinkish rainbow seen in the Bristol area yesterday:

Good morning, mild but autumnal here today. It's perfect weather for walking, shame I'm working all day.. 

what causes a pink rainbow? It's beautiful

Good morning everyone, a much brighter morning today and less cold.  I love the pink rainbow!  My hubby and I saw an adder basking in a patch of sunlight while we were on a walk a few years ago, we didn't bother him, he didn't bother us.

Enjoy your day everyone

Summer, I think it must be a rainbow at the time the sun is setting which can cause a red tinge to the sky.

You can also just about see a double rainbow above, most noticeable in the top righr corner.

I did wonder if a sunset may have had something to do with it.. 

Good afternoon Buddies

We have rain. Its more like winter than summer here
Yesterday was good though

I loved the two dogs making friends over the fence. Very heartwarming

Also, I have never seen a rainbow quite like that

How lovely to read that one of Keira's brothers was a guide dog

Have a lovely day peeps

Good afternon Moonie It's just cloudy here now, looks as it there could be quite a lot of rain tomorrow morning. I hope you are coping with no floor

El Loro posted:

Good afternon Moonie It's just cloudy here now, looks as it there could be quite a lot of rain tomorrow morning. I hope you are coping with no floor

Hi El

I have just been out and there is rain in the air again after a little sunshine  

The front room is a disaster zone and they haven't even started yet. Still waiting for the letter to say when that will be 

They get a few more days then I am off down to see them again

Moonie, you must be more than fed up with this

Re the pink rainbow:

BBC Weather presenter Simon King said there was no specific name for the phenomenon, which was caused by a regular rainbow and a pink sunset happening at the same time.

"We've got a regular rainbow, which is caused by water droplets in the atmosphere reflecting the sunlight into the spectrum of different colours," he said.

"The other thing is a pinkish sunset caused by sunlight having to pass through a lot more atmosphere - due to the low sun angle late in the day - hence the shortwave colours - violets, blues, greens - are diminished and we only see the pinks and reds, giving the rainbow a pinkish colour."

El Loro posted:

Moonie, you must be more than fed up with this

You can say that again El but no point in getting down about it. Go with the flow, that's me but with the odd touch of  thrown in