July 15th is St. Swithin's day on which according to folklore:
St Swithin?s Day, if it does rain
Full forty days, it will remain
St Swithin?s Day, if it be fair
For forty days, t'will rain no more.
Well, here in Houston we are currently battening down the hatches in preparation for the edge of Hurricane Claudette, which will pass to the west of us.
This means that we will get the "dirty edge," full of high winds and torrential rain.
Already in the past 16 hours we have had about 7 inches of rain.
Typicaly we will get some cable and power outages which may mean I loose our internet connection.
All part of the wonderfully rich pagent of life known as being an expatriate.
Still, looking on the bright side, it is only 47 days until my next trip back to the UK.
Right now, facing about a 2 hours drive home in foul weather, those 47 days can not pass too quickly for my liking.
So,how has St. Swithin's day been in your neck of the woods?
St Swithin?s Day, if it does rain
Full forty days, it will remain
St Swithin?s Day, if it be fair
For forty days, t'will rain no more.
Well, here in Houston we are currently battening down the hatches in preparation for the edge of Hurricane Claudette, which will pass to the west of us.
This means that we will get the "dirty edge," full of high winds and torrential rain.
Already in the past 16 hours we have had about 7 inches of rain.
Typicaly we will get some cable and power outages which may mean I loose our internet connection.
All part of the wonderfully rich pagent of life known as being an expatriate.
Still, looking on the bright side, it is only 47 days until my next trip back to the UK.
Right now, facing about a 2 hours drive home in foul weather, those 47 days can not pass too quickly for my liking.
So,how has St. Swithin's day been in your neck of the woods?