A blog by an Irishwoman, written in both English and Swedish, depending on what humour is on me....
En blogg av en irländska, skriven på svenska och engelska.
Just scroll down to find the English bits among the Swedish, or vice versa.

Ta Gaeilge agam freisin, más é an rud é go bhfuil éinne eile le Gaeilge ag léamh mo bhlagsa.

Ich verstehe auch ein bisschen Deutsch, je parle un petit peu francais och klarar av lite norska med.

Wondering about the background of the blog? They're the Cliffs of Moher, in the neighbouring county, County Clare, 8km long, 700m high, and magnificent. Well worth a visit if anyone is around the West of Ireland



Tuesday, November 9, 2010

tempis fugit.....and weather talk.

Time flies...
It is now 9th of November 2010.
The days go by so fast.
I haven't written much in here recently, and getting sorted to post photographs seems to be a mammoth task, beyond me at present.
All is well, children are going to school as they should, I am going to school as I should and the Swede is going to work, thankfully, as Ireland is suffering high unemployment at present.
The clocks changed to wintertime, there is less light in the evenings and soon even the extra bit of light in the mornings will be gone too. The winter solstice is about 7 weeks away, so even if it feels dark now, the bad news is that it is only going to get darker for the next 7 weeks. Sigh....
The leaves have blown off the trees, especially with the wind last Sunday and Monday. Tonight the weather is cold and skies are clear, there will be frost tonight. Tomorrow will start bright and cold, but then some very strong winds are forecast for tomorrow evening and Thursday.
I read just now in Lambergsfruas blogg that they are expecting snow in her county, (same place my husband is from) anything from 5cm in the city of Karlstad, Sweden, up to 15cm in northern areas of Värmland. The Cottage by the Cranelake blogg has already had snow since this morning and has lovely snowy pictures up on his blog. And Cloudberry blogg from Norway has had snow already also, since last week I think.
Ireland will not get snow until Christmas at earliest, we generally don't even get snow for Christmas, but after last year I hesitate to make any such claim this year...
For now Ireland will take the brunt of the low pressure systems rolling in from the Atlantic and that means rain, wind, gales and more rain.... Up to yesterday afternoon, it felt like we had had 10 days of non-stop rain, with just a brief interlude on Sunday morning before it all started again on Sunday afternoon.....The rivers are high, no flooding, yet, but last November some areas of the country had very bad flooding and I am certain that there are householders out there who are very worried about the next few days, with a lot of rain forecast.
For now it is time to hit the sack for me, or I won't be able to function tomorrow, and it is only Wednesday tomorrow, so I need energy for 3 more workdays before I get to the oasis of the weekend!
Good night and take care all you out there in whatever weather you may find yourself in!
regards
liz

3 comments:

  1. Ja, november allaredan .. det har gått fort att komma hit, alldeles för fort. Vi har snö här i Nyköping oxå,en hel del faktiskt. Barnen älskar det men jag tycker det kunde vänta till närmare jul. Fast å andra sidan om vi har det nu kanske det går fort till våren , solen och värmen.... ha det så bra .
    Kram sytanten

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  2. Tänk vad den här hösten har försvunnit fort. I min hjärna är det fortfarande höst, men utomhus är det vinter med snö. De där fem cm blev ca en dm här. Någon plusgrad mitt på dagen och nu fryser det på igen. Ingen bra trafiksituation precis.
    Kära Barnbarnet äkte buss med sin klass till Stockholm igår för att gå på diverse museum, bland annat Tekniska. Som tur är var stora vägarna rensaltade. De kommer hem i kväll runt åttatiden och jag hoppas innerligt att den bussresan också går bra.
    Önskar dig en skön kväll.
    Varma kramar!

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  3. Hej på er, Sytanten och Lambergsfrua!
    kommer med sena svar på era kommentarer....
    Jag hade förstås fel med min konstaterande att Irland skulle inte få nån snö till jul,
    som ni kanske redan vet har vi fått en del snö här på Irland den senaste veckan.
    Som tur är fick inte vårt område så mycket snö och livet fortsatte nästan som vanligt, nästan, bara man körde långsamt, inga dubbdäck på Irland inte....suck....
    gick ganska bra och vi har klarat oss så här långt.
    hoppas att det inte är för mycket snö hos er, befarar dock att ni har det mycket värre än oss, med tåg inställda osv...
    take care out there!
    liz

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