SAD syndrome?

Woke up this morning to a strange light outside. Opened the curtains carefully (you never know) and it was the sun!!!!!!Yipee. Hub off sailing on the Broads today with No.1 grandson, they have been waiting ages for this expidition and today seems to be the day. Grandsons 2 and 3 are camping with the cubs in North Norfolk and should have had good weather. Actually, yesterday was fine and dry, managed to get lawns mowed and madly overgrown shrubs trimmed. In a rather odd way I have almost enjoyed this unpredictable weather!! You never know what you are going to get, bit of a lucky bag really....anyone else agree? I have managed to get lots of indoor jobs done, decorating the dining room, clearing out cupboards and sending the surplus to the charity shop and lots of reading!!! Here in Norfolk, well our bit anyway, we have not been flooded, and we are the driest part of the country. Now putting washing on the line and time to read the papers.

A bright, fresh and sunny morning here after all the rain yesterday.
Just the thing to start off the day.

A meteorologist on 'Breakfast' this morning said he though the jet stream which had caused the low pressure over Britain recently appears to be moving North (sorry Bags and Soop, etc.) so the weather should get better.
I have a big personal interest, as my grandson is getting married in Kent on 11th August, and I am staying with my sister in Manchester for the previous week and hope to be able to take her on some days out to The Lakes, etc.

A bright start in Coventry this morning .. but I've a feeling the solar god is sniggering impishly behind his corona!

Will we all get ricketts,osteoporosis and SAD then this year?

Yesterday I set out with raincoat to go and support someone who had set up a 'summer' fair in aid of our local hospice and by the time I got there it was lovely and sunny! Off to the cricket in Cheltenham later today and it is forecast to be 18 degrees and dry. For that we are so grateful but in a normal year would be complaining it is cold!

We have a spring in our garden which dried up at the end of last year but now it is flowing freely again.

Now what else can I be positive about weatherwise? Nope, can't think of anything .

Could give you a long list of negatives but am restraining myself.

WE had a downpour this morning,but it is clearing rapidly, so I am off for a long walk after The Archer's Omnibus!

Sun not shining at the mo (well, it is behind the rain clouds!) even though the Met Office says it is . Still, yesterday was lovely – dry, sunny but not too warm, perfect for archery. Had brekkie. Off to do some quilting, and I'll take a brolly this afternoon.

No need for correction Bags, I' sure the water resources managers are walking around grinning. After an extremely dry 18 months it was really needed.

If the sun is shining where you are this morning - make the most of it. This looks like the brightest day in the current batch of days.

A common local comment up here when the sun comes out is "Omigod! what's that big yellow thing in the sky?!"

Think positive: those southern reservoirs will be filling up and perhaps even the artesian wells. jess will be able to correct me on that.

Living in the south, I think we should remember the saying 'be careful what you wish for', but oh! dear!, I do so wish for just a little sunshine - proof that it is still there, at least.

Thank you, Jess.
We have had some showers, but I have only missed one day of walking because of rain. Each valley in the Alps has a microclimate and the Vallee Verte seems to be very favoured. I actually enjoy the rain too,but I don't walk in it because my glasses soon get fogged up!

Glad to hear you are happy Greatnan, that is as it should be - a sad little corner of your heart I know - but on a day to day basis it is nor overwhelming you.
Brisbane must have high rainfall Faye. Tropical wet rather than UK temperate wet. The prevailing winds from the Pacific Ocean bring their rain to the Queensland coast, leave it there and then travel across the huge arid heart of the continent, without a drop left. But also known as the "sunshine coast" isn't it, so both extremes. I hope Charlie is doing ok.

Have you not got the rain in your bit Greatnan? We have friends from the village on holiday in Haute Savoie and they say it has been very mixed. Dreadful here in Normandy; we went to a wedding last weekend and the poor bride had mud all up the hem of her dress. Soggy, cold and windy, although this coming week looks better.

At least it is Winter in Brisbane, Faye!
I love the climate here, because we have snow, lots and lots of snow, in Winter, but lots of sunshine as well.
There is a definite correlation between being out in the country and happiness. I ought to feel deeply depressed because of my on-going estrangement from one of my daughters, but it is hard to feel down when I am able to walk for hours almost every day surrounded by glorious mountain scenery.
I can only repeat my offer to any women members to come and stay with me!

Now yous all know what it feels like where I am, most of the time . Every day with sunshine is a glorious bonus Mind you, I guess we have scenery too, which is beautiful even in the mist and rain. Right now I'm looking out of my sitting-room window and all I can see are sky (full of grey cloud and rain), hills, trees and a bit of loch. It's beautiful. The bottom part of my garden on the hillside is always boggy. Garden party heeled shoes would simply get stuck and come off even in the middle of a dry period. Hiking boots or wellies are the order of the day if you want dry feet, "jellies" or Vibram Fivefingers if you don't mind getting wet.

Down south needed rain. Yous moaned about dryness. Yous got rain. Yous moan about wetness. The gods cannae win!

It's our local highland games today. I will be helping wave the flag at the Rotary stall which is to raise awareness about ShelterBoxes. Thinking about the people who need those somehow puts British bad weather in perspective for me because compared to them, we're just singing in the rain (with all good wishes to those in Britain whose homes have been flooded).

Oh yes! We need sunshine. I recognise this now you've mentioned it. We have the two DGDs for the weekend and have played in the conservatory listening to the rain drumming down. (Shhhh - I even put the heating on briefly!)

I am in Brisbane at the moment and it is supposed to be dry and sunny at this time of year but it hasn't stopped raining. This miserable weather is to continue on for a bit, no doubt while I am here. My son put down planks of wood to walk on there is so much water it is squealchy.

I hasten to add i was curled up in my lounge!

I was watching the athletics in Crystal Palace - crowd were cowering under umbrellas but hanging on in there. Kenyans shivering, especially the ones that had problems with the starting technology for their race. The crowd's persistence was rewarded by Christine Ohorogu (our only Olympic champion in athletics last time - in the doldrums since) winning her race in a torrential downpour.

Lovely in Birmingham today .

My daughter had some sun but I didn't.....15 miles makes a difference...I hope for some tomorrow, today was so depressing...........

I have SAD and usually it improves in summer but this year whilst it's a bit better it's not improving as it should.

We went to Fowey, about an hour away from us and then to Polkerris. The forecast was for rain in the afternoon but it didn't happen

The sun is peeping out occasionally folks. it did so late this afternoon and I rushed out and gardened. It never seems to be long enough to feel that I can sit and relax in it. But that may be because the garden has been so overgrown with all the rain.
But if the sun comes out we should rush out into it.

It is just as wet! I feel like cancelling a weeks tribunals and nipping off to somewhere warm!
But if I did, all the tribunals would be cancelled as medical members are short and it would mean the claimants who have probably allready waited months would have to wait longer,
There are times when having a conscience is very inconvenient!