An amazing night on Malin Head experiencing incredible thunderstorms... thunder and lightening right on top of the van and torrential rain hammering down. I was snug as bug in my van 'nest' wrapped up in the duvet... Dr Fred wasn't quite so lucky. The rain was so bad it penetrated the seal on the hatchback of the van and slowly dripped on his head! He was able to wear one of the six hats he brought... hasn't found a use for the five pairs of gloves yet...
As we travelled to the nonexistant no longer running ferry advertised everywhere as every ten minutes all year round to then have to go back and drive right round the estuary...we encountered more rain and more wild thunder and lightening.... maybe this is the weather changing... maybe those gloves will come in handy....
I love these (rare) warm sunny late summer days and there is all sorts of lovely things going on in my garden... I counted 12 red admiral butterflies whizzing around the over grown ivy which I had been about to hack down but then left until the flutterbies have finished with it... The late blooms add a dash of colour and the daisy strewn lawn is littered with autumnal leaves, debris from my brief half an hour of slash and burn and the stone wall is covered in glorious soft moss all shiny and tactile with a few late nasturtiums loitering. I've hacked out the brambles for this year, sadly I missed the fruit as we were away, ditto the strawberries, we never seem to get the fruit before the birds so I've made space and moved the plants that were getting swamped and so not performing to their potential - hopefully next year they will literally blossom now they have light and room to flourish.
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