Diary summary week ending 21st August

[bearkat]

I think brigidmac is describing harvestmen which are not spiders (although they are arachnids)

See this video ("spider" Warning)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODtb_Zv1KUs

[Roobarb]

Roobarb's reply (#18) related to "sea fret".  OH and I have just spent a wonderful weekend in Saltburn by the Sea (for the Folk Festival which was, again, brilliant) and seeing "sea fret" for perhaps the first time and being told what it meant   As it rolled in then you could either see the beach but not the cliff top, or vice versa.  Stunning!

I've not heard of "sea fret" before.  In my youth the mist rolling in from the sea was known as "sea rork".   

I've looked in the dictionary and only the "fret" is mentioned" but I see that the "Naturalist Magazine" also knows the term.

I believe the Scots call it haar. Always interesting to hear of local words. 

Bearkat, I'll give that one a miss, thanks for the warning!

[Rena]

Roobarb's reply (#18) related to "sea fret".  OH and I have just spent a wonderful weekend in Saltburn by the Sea (for the Folk Festival which was, again, brilliant) and seeing "sea fret" for perhaps the first time and being told what it meant   As it rolled in then you could either see the beach but not the cliff top, or vice versa.  Stunning!

I've not heard of "sea fret" before.  In my youth the mist rolling in from the sea was known as "sea rork".   

I've looked in the dictionary and only the "fret" is mentioned" but I see that the "Naturalist Magazine" also knows the term.

I believe the Scots call it haar. Always interesting to hear of local words. 

Oh thanks Roobarb, I would have been fretting and searching for old documents that included the word or words that sounded similar.

I wonder if "haar" sounds similar to "hoar frost" 

[DianaCanada]

Am off on a road trip tomorrow to see my daughters.  3.5 hour drive to Niagara region.
Thunderstorm here tonight at supper time, a lot came down, didn’t notice any lightning, but rumbling for an hour or so.  I was outside reading but decided to cut that short!
Big red-tailed hawk landed in the backyard this morning, a rare visitor.  The warning shriek of another bird made me look.  Thought it was a goose at first.
Hope everyone is well.

[louisa maud]

Some will call today positively cold but it really is welcome after the last few weeks, this is more bearable and I have more energy  and a better mood, we didn't have a great deal of rain but enough to fill my water butt, that'll do me
Enjoy your trip DC

LM

[candleflame]

As a northerner we know it as a sea fret too, but I know my southern son in law hadn't a clue what we were talking about using that term. For him a fret was a thing on a guitar!
Yes cooler today - lovely - but the sun has burnt through again so I'm planning on finally cutting the grass. I'd let it grow a bit as I knew there was a hot spell so it's stayed quite green, but the tiny showers we've had will do it good so I'll give it a haircut.

We've been on grandchildren duty this morning so have treated ourselves and bought an m and s pizza for lunch as a reward.

[Maiden Stone]

Today is the only fine day of the week. Cloudy, cool, no breeze, not good weather for drying washing.
Thunderstorms & heavy showers on Monday flattened some tall flowers again. 

[louisa maud]

Had heavier rain here today but steady rain, heavier than yesterday, just  on  and off,  even  so the ground where I just dug it over is still  very dry underneath,  we  need  more

LM

[Viktoria]

Well!
Went to Bury,to have a go at Nationwide—- no sign if that compensation !
So all guns blazing ,in I go, and some investigations ,and it has been put into my account !
But no notification so not entered in my account book ,it is now!

Bought a little embroidery set for neighbour’s little girl , was assured it was for children .
Wrapping it up—- on the back in small print “ Keep away from children”——!
So a rethink, but it is going back as I was assured it was a child’s set.
Big guns blazing again !
Nice lady on the till at Wilko’s gave a refund even though  I had lost the receipt for algae remover for the pond ,I had picked up the one for aquariums - aquaria?

Well salmon ,new potatoes new peas and lemon butter sauce for tea.
Had a fig from my tree,this afternoon, oh so sweet, lovely.

Hope Pharma has some nice news re her daughter’s visit ,the lass has done so well.
Cheerio, look after yourselves folks,and don’t go in the sea!
Or cold water, or out without sun block and a hat .Think on - I mean it!
Viktoria.
Cheerio folks,