Weather is nuts

The current weather patterns are slightly nuts.  Yesterday was blistering rain, bits of hail, and stormy winds - all culminating in a three-hour electricity power-cut.

Today was all sweetness and light, with a gentle sunshine soothing its way across the landscape.  The daffodils are shooting. Etc Etc.
Inded, this view across the fields at Wrottesley Old Park near Pattingham was balm for the soul.

But ...tomorrow is due to be nasty again.

Mellow month of September

So... autumn is here.  The arrival of a chill in the air, the finally-harvested fields, the shortening days - all point toward the beginning of that 'season of mists and mellow fruitfulness'.

Well, Staffordshire Summer of 2013, I salute you...   You were good while you lasted!

Waterlogged field

We’ve had lots of rain, as well as the high winds; and in low-lying areas, the roads are flooded and the fields waterlogged.
Fortunately, it’s been a constant drizzle, and not the flash downpours that cause the really severest flooding incidents.

The rain doesn’t look like stopping though.