Tuesday 25 September 2012

Windy Schmindy.



A warm wind blowing from the south, means that my washing-line shorts fly horizontally.

There is a definite dividing line between wind and wind.

The persistent warm Mistral-type wind that drives people crazy; I rather like. The wind that tears tiles from the roofs; I do not.

Our present wind (of which we are having plenty) is warm and muggy. It's the type that makes women shake their manes, and constantly remove stray locks from their eyes and mouths. It knocks over poolside parasols, and constructs leafy autumnal skirting beneath hedgerows. It is a distinctly pleasant wind, with a pleasant sound. And I love the way it causes distant trees to sway like a sylvan crowd.

Of all weather's manifestations, wind is the most destructive. Once transformed from wind to gale, and from gale to tempest, I gather the animals, take refuge where my roof is strongest, and hope for the best. But for the moment I'm enjoying watching my shorts fly sideways.

Just so long as they don't end up in my neighbour's field......


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15 comments:

  1. A very poetic post I must say - I know all about wind, we live on top of a hill and get plenty of it. My old deceased neighbour used to say "We'll never die from lack of fresh air living up here".

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  2. Rather like you sir, I am fond of the wind when it is set to "Breeze" or "Flurry" but gale-force worries me, not least because it often whips the specs clean off the nose and leaves me helpless in a world of "totally blurred".

    Similarly with rain, I am please that it usually falls in drops, and not in a single "slab" in one go.

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  3. Those are SHORTS? My pants suffer from horizontal wind too.

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  4. That wind was more like an express train coming through yesterday. Blew all the pamp off my pampas grass.

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  5. Strong winds are quite a rarity here in Angola, thank goodness! Give me a gentle onshore breeze anyday.

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  6. Yes, La Mistral is blamed for all sorts of madness and ailments in parts of France.
    I hope your "stinking cold" is short lived.

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    1. I believe that if one takes all the cold remedies known to man, a cold will last for TWO WEEKS. If you take nothing at all, it just lasts for FOURTEEN DAYS.

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  7. It would be exciting if your laundry took a little trip around the world!

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  8. Oh for some of that warm and muggy wind.

    Here on the North Yorkshire coast at the moment, we have wind and rain that makes old men shake their fists at the sky, whilst ringing out re-captured flat caps.

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    1. The local 'Lost-n-Found' must be filled with flat caps and whippets!

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  9. We had some of that wind earlier this morning. Everything's rather well behaved on the clothes line just now.

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  10. With the changing climate, winds don't seem to be just winds anymore. For the past few years we have been hearing a lot about the possibilities of tornados in our area. This is new to us and when it is mentioned, I quickly grab what's important to me (my animals) and head for the basement.

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