Annie Graham
Here’s a teaser of Annie’s personal blog “Old Lady by The Sea” for her personal reflections on her writing, her garden and this month’s view of the sea. Click any image to teleport to her blog, read the full post and subscribe.
I was planning to go full hedgehog and hibernate this January, but the jet stream – the high winds about five miles up – has been moving at full throttle to drive intense lows that have caused three successive storms to blast in from the ocean. Storms Goretti, Ingrid and Chandra have wreaked havoc on land fall and brought biblical level rains riding in on gale force winds. It’s very scary as the rain driven horizontal by the winds pound the rattling windows. All you can think about is will they hold?
But, as ever, the calm returns so the clear up can begin.
And then what? Sea foam, loads of it, and surfers, yes surfers in that icy cold sea. We need to add an extra line to the old song ‘Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun…’
The poor seaside garden has been well watered and salt blasted. Lord knows how the delicate quince managed to hang on in the winds. But the hardy front terrace shrubs and agapanthuses took it all in their stride…
Read the full post and some big news about Louisa’s Lament on Annie’s Blog: Old Lady By The Sea