Offa’s Dyke Path is a walking trail, part of the United Kingdom’s network of National Trails. The path is a 177 mile (285 km) walking trail which follows the Dyke that was ordered to be built by King Offa in the 8th century. Offa’s Dyke runs the length of the border between England and Wales, running from Sedbury Cliffs near to Chepstow on the Severn estuary in the South, to Prestatyn on the Irish Sea in the North.
π§οΈ We have woken up to wind and rain this morning. I am singing! πΆ
There was a sprinkling of rain last night and this morning grey clouds are lurking above. I welcome the rain when it falls here. If we get too much sun, a subjective measurement depending on my mood, I can yearn for an overcast day or days with rain falling.
This might sound ungrateful to those experiencing more inclement weather. I put it down to me growing up in Britain, for which the weather (and its unpredictable and not always very pleasant nature) is quite often a topic of conversation, if not the opening gambit….and hey, look at this post, a Brit talking about the weather!
I like some variation in weather.
I have said it before on this blog, that we live in one of the wetter parts of Maui. All the same, we are going through a dry winter - I can see the grass in places starting to adopt a hay like hue. So on top of and more important than me wanting rain, the island is in need of rain. The storm a few weeks back dumped a lot of water on us, but the plants will use that up in time.
A dry winter, usually the wet season, does not bode well for the summer ahead. Here’s hoping that the rain starts falling soon. A little is forecast tomorrow and Wednesday, so fingers crossed.
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Last night we sat around a fire saying goodbye to old friends, welcoming a visitor to the island and catching up with news from close family and friends. Above us an inky black sky dotted with stars and a sliver of a setting New Moon.
The VOG has now gone, but all that volcanic dust in the air sure did produce some beautiful sunsets. This one looking over the West Maui Mountains a couple of evenings ago.
Grass Therapy
π€ The wind is just beginning to pick up. I hope that this means that the VOG will be gone soon. Being outside is not pleasant. The VOG is just hanging in the air. It has been like this for two days now. Sometimes the wind dies down to nothing at night, but I hope that this increased breeze is the beginning of change in the weather and clearer days ahead.
The author reflects on cherished memories of sharing Fred Basset cartoons with their late father, highlighting the bittersweet nature of reminiscence after his passing.
πΆβπ«οΈ The VOG is intense this morning. No wind is not helping. KΔ«lauea has been busy.
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Mural on one side of the Queen Ka’ahumanu Center.
Another rainbow appeared later this morning. Perhaps it is rainbow season? π
This morning’s rainbow π. A double rainbow. They actually arched right across the sky in a perfect arc, but it was raining at the time and I would have got soaked trying to capture that.
I took a while to see this through, but it was worth it.
Yesterday afternoon’s rainbow π
This morning’s rainbow π
We have classical music playing on this Sunday morning, and it is bringing back memories of my childhood.
Of my mother having breakfast in bed and reading a Sunday newspaper, all brought to her by my dad.
My dad deeply immersed in one of the difficult Sunday crosswords, or on his second crossword of the morning.
Then late morning, the smells of a Sunday roast emanating from the kitchen.
Everyone quietly getting on with their Sunday morning thing, to the background of classical music.
Weβve just finished watching this series on Apple TV+.
This morning’s, faint, rainbow out over the ocean π
