Saturday 15 June 2019

Photo diary: week 24, project 365

It's mid-June, but it doesn't feel like summer at all. It's been raining pretty much non-stop in the last week, including a day when we received a month's full of rain. The school run which is literally a run, as we sprint across town to school under the pissing constant rain.
Last Monday when I was reading with one of Eddie's class mates (I volunteer once a week), we both turned around to look outside, as the rain fell like a wall.

During one of a few quiet minus-rain moments I met this ducky couple.


Walking through The Leys to the Royal Mail depot to pick up a packet, I spotted this aeroplane. They are always flying pretty low above the town.


On Tuesday we had to go to the Annual review at Sash's school. I wanted to take a photo of the famous Headington shark (if you're not a local, it's a rooftop sculpture of a shark diving into the roof), but the bus moved too fast for me to capture it properly, and it was also raining.
The Annual review went quite well, it looks like Sash's settled in, which is a great relief, as he was very aggrieved at the start of the year, missing his old school.


I saw this pretty plant outside M&S. I wasn't sure if it's a buddleia, but googled it and it is called a Buddleia Globosa. I have a more common purple buddleia in the garden, which has cone-shaped clusters of blooms.


The weather in the last week was pretty abysmal. I've read that some of the SE areas were put on the yellow alert, but the Windrush hasn't flooded, which is a relief.


Yesterday evening, while his father was at the college dinner, Eddie was drawing a Father's day card.


Today we went out together to find a gift for his Dad, we've been to a few shops and got him a nice gift (well, we think it's nice) from both boys. We also had a quick lunch at M&S.

Hope you are having a better weather than we have.



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19 comments:

  1. It's lovely that the annual review is good. I'm not too bothered about the rain, it's much better than having a scorching sun, at least for me.

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    1. I agree, I dislike the heat even more, but it would be nice to have a bit of a break from rain.

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  2. Glad the review went well. Nothing round here has flooded although the drainage on some of the roads isn't great. Love those buddleia. Never seen them. Like that before either

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    1. Thank you, Emma! I haven't seen this buddleia before either, it is such an unusual shape and colour.

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  3. The rain has been terrible hasn't it. I am so sick of it now.
    Oh wow! That plane does look low.
    I'm glad Sash has settled in well at school. Lovely photos x

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    1. Thanks, Kim, the weather got a bit better since last week, and we even have a bit of sunshine today.

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  4. Oh dear at all that rain, had seen on the news a lot of areas were bad. We have had a few 10 minute light showers but that has been all.
    Glad the school review went well,and he has settled.
    Love a home made card and hope he liked his present.

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    1. Thank you, Elaine, the card was appreciated very much, as was the gift - it was a cushion tray for the ipad to read or watch films in bed.

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  5. I've not seen that type of budleia before, we have the same as you. I've never actually seen the shark, the guy who put it in died recently I seem to recall #365

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    1. Thank you, Mary, the shark is quite extraordinary, and I love it, though wouldn't want to live in a house like that.

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  6. Being in the same county. I totally understand what yuou are going through weather wise it's crazy. I wrote this about the shark a while back now https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A40128635 #365

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    1. Thank you, the shark is a big attraction in Headington. I always look for it, when I travel by bus in that part of Oxford.

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  7. It's been raining almost non stop here....quite depressing really!

    Oh I haven't come across that type of buddleia before...I have a 'normal purple' and yellow one too

    Glad that the annual review went well!

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    1. I only have seen the purple/blue variations, and have one behind the summerhouse, which I trim every year, as it tends to take over.

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  8. The weather has been rubbish. I've not seen that type of budleia before. xx

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    1. Thank you, Susan, thankfully we have a better weather in the last couple of days.

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  9. I can't remember a June as wet as this! Its really depressing isn't it. I hope that the card was well received. I would never have thought that plant a budliea its such a lovely yellow colour.

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  10. It looks like we have thunderstorms scheduled for tonight and then a possible heatwave so maybe summer is finally about to start! #project365

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  11. With the rain on the window it actually looks like the shark has fallen out the sky.
    Sorry for the late comments, I'm on catch up after travelling for 3 weeks.

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