HAPPY NEW WEEK!
The Great Lakes has experienced glorious Auroras (Northern Lights) this past week. The photos have been breathtaking. Nothing to report from my patch, though, except dense fog in the mornings, icy rain during the days, and snow showers at night. I have no wildlife stories to report this week, because I haven't been outdoors at all.
I have some critically important paperwork to complete by Thursday. After that, I've solemnly vowed to resume being a regular poster on this site for the winter. Sorry I've neglected everyone. This year has been rough. I'll be glad to see 2023 in the rear view mirror. :-)
Hugs to everyone! Strength to Heather and AQ.
Diane, thank you so much for finding the time to start us off again. I'm too, am sorry to hear that its been a rough year. (My spellchecker just put "a tough year" instead, but it's the same thing really). Best wishes to you in particular for a better 2024. We had a smattering of snow last evening & it then froze over so it was still looking the same this morning. Then it thawed just a little so the bushes have been dripping and there is water everywhere. It's been particularly bad north of here, in The Lake District, where they had to declare an Emergency situation last night and many had to abandon their cars. Let's hope they've thawed out a bit, too.
Rosie yesterday. She particularly likes chocolate cake, and as she has a good appetite and eats everything ever put in front of her, she got extra!!
I couldn't get on here this morning - it wouldn't even let me sign in! Yesterday we tried to make good time down the M6 and the M5, but there was a fair bit of traffic. We were in the 3rd lane of a 4 lane part of the highway, and I had just handed out the wine gums, when something happened suddenly. The car immediately in front of us suddenly & without warning, braked hard - I shrieked and braced myself (we were going at about 65 mph & so I had immediately computed that it would take quite a distance for us to come to a stop) My OH later said that he felt the same. He had braked hard and we were both hoping that no one was too close behind us - they weren't, thankfully.
Then the reason for the braking became apparent, as we could see a car tyre rolling across the carriageway. It then caused a car on our right to begin braking and there was a squeal of brakes. Our car braked even harder, as we have an automatic system which computes the speed and the distance to the car in front and it then brakes automatically! It saved us, really, as we were both convinced we would soon hear a crunch as we made contact. We all came to a stop and the rogue car tyre rolled into the fast lane and fell down flat. I had to remonstrate with my OH as he wanted to get out of the car and move the tyre to make the road safe, but I said NO WAY are you getting out, here, in the middle of a fast road! Phew! We were both shaken up but thankfully unscathed.
We never could find out where the tyre had come from.