Very cold but without snow - that was the weekend weather here in Suffolk. Icy cold wind so my quick walk up and down the lane on Sunday was a hundred yards shorter than usual.
But I also know winter is definitely here as Ski Sunday was back on TV yesterday and there are several new crime series starting. On TV tonight is one the BBC have done, a remake of the a TV series that they gave up on 20 years ago. It's Lynley made from the Elizabeth George books. Once again the posh D.I. Lynley [an earl] is paired up with a working class D.S Barbara Havers. Why are book/TV cops always complicated?
Anyway, paperwork sorting is finished, the shredder back in the cupboard, the folder empty ready for this year. Ironing done and I made a quiche to use up eggs from before Christmas and then realised I needed eggs for the cheese straws requested by the grandchildren for today and decided I'd better make chocolate brownies too because I was cake-less and it's always good to have something in the freezer.
I thought I might as well fill up the car with diesel while out and when waiting to get back out onto the road from the garage a car went by with the front and roof covered in snow, so somewhere up the A140 into Norfolk they had that white stuff and might have been able to use the word from the book below.
Back in the summer I came across details of this 2024 book [and later Mary at Trundling Through Life had the book too] and found a copy for under a fiver on abebooks....it's more than £10 now we're actually in Winter.
For some January posts I thought I'd share a Winter Word.
Here's one we rarely get to use - if we even knew it - in many parts of this country nowadays.
gramshoch - the kind of tumultuous appearance of the sky or clouds that suggests a snow storm is on it's way. (from Scots - where it probably gets more use!)
I had a shock when I did my end of year accounts - found out I'd spent almost as much on books, like that one above, as I did on clothes and shoes! Far Too Much even if they are never at full price and usually second-hand. I need to cut back, as most of the books I read are from the library anyway.
Bombing another country, seizing the leader - doesn't seem like a good idea for winning the Nobel Peace Prize- sounds more like starting a war, instead of the eight he say's he's ended. What next?
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What next indeed!
ReplyDeleteWinter gives way to Spring and then on to Summer…..wonder if there is a ‘Summer Dictionary’. Sun Surf Sea Sand - some of my favourite summer words 😊
There are some very odd words in the Winter Dictionary. Your summer words are good - will be a while before we can use them
DeleteOh I hope that DI Lynley series comes to NZ. I loved the books- well to be completely accurate it was him rather than Havers.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you from Hot and Sunny New Zealand
Margaret
Happy New Year Margaret - hope you are keeping well. It will be interesting to see how the new series compares to 20 years ago
DeleteNot so much gramshoch around here as pruinesence. (That's the beautiful white covering of frost seen on crisp winter days.) Mary from Trundling through life. Thanks for the mention.
ReplyDeleteSnow words needed today although there isn't much - Very Cold are the words I'd use!
DeletePruinesence is what it's like here; a thin snow, more like a thick frost, on roads and roofs but not flowerbeds or grass. I bought the book as a present for a friend after Mary's recommendation.
ReplyDeleteYour paperwork system sounds nice and simple...
My paperwork starts out in a folder, then gets sorted and put away, after a year there's usually plenty that can be shredded
DeleteApparently the new Lynley was filmed "around East Anglia". Watch out for familiar places!
ReplyDeleteProbably mainly Norfolk - your coast is more picturesque!
DeleteBooks are much better for you than clothes as long as the latter keep you warm, dry and respectable.
ReplyDeleteThat's my excuse anyway!
Happy New Year,
Sue L
I bought two pairs of indoor footware last year while they were reduced so have them for the future, not much needed this year - but I'm so bad at reading about a good book, finding the library don't have a copy and then buying off abebooks or amazon.It's too easy!
DeleteAnd thanks to you and Mary, I now have the book too! We have very cold and frosty weather but no snow so far. Need to go and do first shop of the year so should get a move on and get ready. Catriona
ReplyDeleteThere are some very strange words in the book , I'll post a few when I'm short of other things to write about
DeleteGreetings from snowy Norfolk. We have had snow for the past two nights. Today, I look out on a very pretty,snow-covered street, the sun is shining and it looks bright and quite lovely.
ReplyDeleteWe had a quarter of an inch of unexpected snow over night - that's plenty enough
DeleteBooks are good for the soul! My garden is snow covered today and everywhere SO pretty. About to go and take some photos from up the lane.
ReplyDeleteAs for Trump - the man is MAD . . .
I do get carried away with second hand books - need to slow down a bit
DeleteI live in Michigan in the US. We are horrified and are sinking into despair. Our leaders in congress and on the supreme court have been bought and paid for. Anyone who cares seems to have been fired and we have an addled mad man at the helm. I'm so sad.
ReplyDeleteI feel sad that it has come to this - something very wrong at the top, to put it mildly
DeleteYour baking looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
Tastes good too!
DeleteYou remind me I have the ingredients for a spinach quiche. I'll get on that, thank you.
ReplyDeleteMine was broccoli and salmon this time - fed me for 4 days
DeleteWe have an idiot leading our country. No telling what the consequences will be of his idiocy. We can only hope that a democratic win in Congress in November will bring impeachment with conviction this time to get him out.
ReplyDeleteMight be a long wait to have any change - he said he wants to be there forever!
DeleteIt's so easy to spend too much on books. I made a big effort to cut back last year. However there are worse vices!
ReplyDeleteLife in the Trump era feels like living inside Alice in Wonderland only much more dangerous.
Penny in the UK
Many worse vices! and I remember all the things I don't buy, sonot so bad really
DeleteI think the distribution of your finances, with regard to books and clothes, is a very good one. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThose brownies look VERY good.
I can confirm they are good!
DeleteSad and depressed in the USA. Can’t believe the insanity … yet it’s happening. Cali
ReplyDeleteVery strange times for you - it's just so sad to see the madness unfolding
DeleteMay I recommend that you consider signing up to PostScript, it is free, one can receive a catalogue each month, the website is psbooks.co.uk . The subject coverage of books for sale at much reduced prices is very wide.
ReplyDeleteNo connection with the company except as a satisfied customer, especially when purchasing knitting & crochet books for me and history for my DH.
I used to get a PS catalogue for years before the internet really got going. I do look on the website now and again but they tend to be more expensive
DeleteGramshoch is a splendid word for the season. Have been reading one of the Susie Dent books which I've borrowed from the library. Aril
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to her next crime fiction book.
DeleteI'll enjoy the words. Living north of the dictatorship is adding a lot of stress to our lives.
ReplyDeleteI've been sick with the flu for too long - I'm in my second week of it - but I saw the doctor today and have 5 prescriptions to knock it out hopefully. I haven't been this sick in a long time (and I did have the flu shot but I guess this was a different strain?) 24/7 coughing and little sleeping and terrible sore throat. Haven't been able to do anything but lay in bed! Don't catch it, Sue!
ReplyDeleteWe have actually had some lovely weather here in my small corner of the Canadian prairies. I do hope it stays.
ReplyDeleteLiving above the crazy person who seems to want to start a third world war is not conducive to a stress free life. Now he is talking about a couple of other countries. I worry he will turn his eye on us here in Canada.
God bless.
Now that's a good winter word.
ReplyDeleteIt's cold here too (20 degrees F), but on Wednesday it is predicted to rise in temperature to 40 degrees F. The snow/ice will melt a bit. Nights will likely be freezing again so...more ice.
And, what to expect next is the big question.
I love that winter word!
ReplyDeleteWeather has been so up and down here. Snow, wind, hail, freezing rain, rain, more snow. Lol. I can't keep up with it!
I try not to read the news. It makes me so sad and angry. I honestly don't understand the appeal of the man.