03 September, 2010

And on the third day of Spring ...

...nature delivered a sharp shock at 5.30pm. Flashes of lightening, deep booms of thunder and hail pelting down. Afterwards I opened the front door to this:


It very seldom snows here so this is the closest I get to cold, white, wet stuff lying around on the ground.


Full sympathy for my neighbour arriving home from work in the middle of it all - I wouldn't like to be coming down our demon steps with all the slippery hail stones.



After an unsettled half hour Zebby went back to the comfort of snuggling down on the bed under his battered quilty comforter, and peace returned to our home. Okay, so now it is sleeting but at least the boomies have gone away!

10 comments:

Diane said...

Hail is no fun. Two years ago we had 15 tiles broken on our roof due to a massive hail storm. I spent the whole night mopping up inside by torchlight as the electricity went as well! Luv to u both. Diane

Unknown said...

It's sunny in BUry St Edmunds today. Sorry! Lxx

Mickle in NZ said...

Diane - hope you have great weather for gate painting and enjoying time with your visitors. The storm was very short, sharp and temperature dropping!

Liz - we had heaps of sunshine before the southerly blast. All has gone through now, on to the Folks' town and beyond before morning. XXX with zzz from Zebster

Unknown said...

It's still nice here......until next week!

Mickle in NZ said...

John G - what happens next week? Do Man U have a match scheduled?

Maggie May said...

Very treacherous having to negotiate slippery steps.However, we are concerned about the massive earthquake in south island. Hoping that you didn't feel it or have any folk there who might have.
Our media says that no one was hurt but thousands have no water or electricity.
Maggie X

Nuts in May

Hadriana's Treasures said...

Hi Mickle,

Like Maggie...when I heard about the earthquake I thought of you. Hope you and Zebbycat and family are all fine. Thinking of you.
Hadriana x x

Dumdad said...

I heard about the earthquake and thought of you down there. Mother Nature can be brutal sometimes! Hope all's well with you.

Marjie said...

Obviously I was tied up yesterday, and missed your snow pictures! I'll send you and Zebby some of ours in January. That will really upset him! However, since we never get boomies with snow, Thor doesn't mind it, especially when the boys will go outside to frolic with him!

Diane said...

Hope you are OK in Wellington. Friends in Christchurch say things are not so good but most people are OK. Diane