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  1. Alixzandra
    LoL, As you were Jax hope you feel better. Bring on the cold snap!
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    Aww, get better soon Jax, cold snap hopefully on the cards :-)
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    Like others, haven't been about much this year, but now the cold weather looms, Snow Ramp and lamppost watch time imminent. Lovely to see some familiar faces! Looks like the current set up still coming across the channel is veering more NW, so no let up in the rain as yet for some. Evening all.
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    May I ask why you keep referring to Captain Shortwave as Captain Pike? Shortwaves forecasts are his own time/research and work and should maybe be respected as such? He is not a John Pike in waiting, but a forecaster in his own right. just an observation.
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    Hello all, Great weather the last few days down on the Coast, working in the Palm House today, it's really taken off in there, hard to breathe at points it's been so stifling - originally a hothouse, now an unheated Palm house, doesn't stop it, it's like a jungle, but, still a pleasure to work in all the same
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    That's a lovely prose Jax. Many thanks to you all for your messages and posts (I will not respond to individual posts, just clogs the feed all up) You really are a bunch of lovely, like minded and supportive souls. Since I have been absent for alittle while, it didn't stop many of you sending PM's just quietly checking in, you know who you are, it was very kind, especially as so many had their own stories, life moments and well, just stuff going on as well, in some ways, others sharing their struggles and life curve balls, helped get through, what has been a painful 8 months. Now back to the weather reporting and general everyday musings regionaires! I heard we have a hot spell coming up :-) All the very best Ax
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    It's been awhile, since I cared about the weather. My father passed peacefully last week, a long battle, but. Dignified and at home. I have been digging a new border in my front garden, up and down, but generally, reflective in our joint love of flowers. The warmth we had, the day he died, blue skies, was reflective, then it rained for a couple of days, I steeled myself and dug out a monster 10 year pampas grass today, he would have laughed his proverbial off.
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    Just popping by, thanks for all the support, the garden is starting to bloom, we've had favourable Weather, after all it's April!
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    Hello all just stopping in to say, well, hello, hope all is well. Dipping in and out, but keeping abreast of weather updates from our regional forecasters, been very helpful as always. My dad was renting his house out whilst living abroad, when he had to have treatment we persuaded him that taking the house back would make his getting better more comfortable. The garden was in a state and even though poorly, he was determined to start on it. Now he can't finish it, I felt strongly, being a keen gardener, I should make that happen, so have been spending what spare time I have engineering a family 'ground force' it gives some positive focus, that we can chat to him about. Weather, I'll take the dust as long as dry weather goes in my favour! All the best Ax
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    Sorry to hear that Jason, All the very best to you and yours at this sad time x
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    Hello knocker. I'm not sure what you are questioning, it looks like a Dahlia :-). Anyways, not sure I am in the right forum..I considered the gardening thread also, so forgive if not, and mods feel free to move if so. My photography is generally more abstract macro in nature, but thought I'd share some of my flower photography with you all. Best Alix.[
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    Was on the chillier side this morning at college, blue sky really wanted to make an appearance, but stayed pretty overcast and dull. Our Tutor had a tadge of a meltdown - moderator came in to watch over us like a hawk for a practical and written rhs exam. A s he wandered about watching us do our allotted task his eyes started to bulge - half of the group were doing the task completely wrong including those opposite and either side of me..we were not allowed to talk, so I couldn't alert them to the fact they were going down the wrong garden path so to speak..tutor was almost speechless - needless to say what followed wasn't all that pleasant and poor tutor had a strip torn off him by the mod (even though we had completed the task before - half the students seem to have forgotten what the hell they should do) - oh well, i passed
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    I've no idea, I don't work for them directly. Up there for different reasons.
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    Hello, after a long day in White City at the BBC in a hot stuffy room, about 1.15 intense flash of lightening and deep Angry rumble of thunder, I thought we may get some exciting photo op's, then gone like a poof of smoke. Back in Brighton after a 12 hr day, and currently a cool 2.9 c, not the best way to spend ones 21st wedding anniversary! But, an interesting day nonetheless, now studing conifers latin plant identification for the morning.
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    Evening all, been busy managing splitting my time between the family stuff, work deadlines, where everything seems to be a priority and college, I'm not sure sometimes (like most of us) how I seem to fit it all in. Multi-tasking is being tested to the extreme! Icy cold sleet here today, but not an awful lot more to report weather wise. Need to be in London in the morn for an all day conference I'd rather not be at, but ho hum, what funders want, funders get. All the very best all and may you all be granted the positive energy to counter your respective 'battles' whatever they may be. Alix x
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    Thank you for the informative update Mr P, as always. It has indeed dropped significantly here, currently at 2.1 c, so fire still lit and pleasantly glowing. A bit of respite in the garden tomorrow will be good in-between the other stuff.
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    Hello all, lovely cloudscapes on here today, here's one I took up on the Beacon this afternoon and one I took of the Anish Kapoor sculpture, the c-curve mirror, exhibited on the downs by the chatri afew years ago. The clouds that day were amazing too, reflected in the mirror.
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    To all, Thankyou for your words of wisdom, virtual hugs, messages and kind well wishes. I look like I've done a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson right now and your support is appreciated and valued as I read through all your posts. My best Alix.
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    I'm feeling pretty numb, my Dad has been fighting hard since August, had part of his throat removed in a major op including voice box, then intensive radiotherapy. Had a stroke today, the nerves in his throat are all burnt out from the radio, it's difficult to take it all in. He has the heart of a lion, and will to stay with us, for the sake of us, but it's not enough. Just trying to draw some strength from somewhere for tomorrow, to make him laugh through the reality (its what me and my sister do, we make him laugh), even though the pain is unbearable for him and us. The weather, it's been cold, with a bitter wind today.
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    Hi AS, It really was quite uplifting, I take it for granted most of the time. We took a round trip to garden ctrs in Hassocks and Ditchling, such pretty villages via the Beacon, I smiled broadly as we hit the Beacon, the countryside down below was lush, rolling and it gives a real seasonal sense of whats to come. If you haven't been to Ditchling tearooms, you should! Drove back through via Devil's Dyke, we are truly blessed to be hemmed in, all sides of the Downs. The Georgian terraces are a beautiful & rare feature of Brighton's history, you can see why 'Poirot of the little grey cells' favoured his film home here. Flotsam and jetsam on the nudist beach…it's what passes for normal here ;-) If it was allowed, I'd post some photography I've taken of the annual naked bike ride…but thats probably a no!
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    Evening, another lovely day here, a max according to the W/S in the garden of 19.5 c, lots achieved and looking forward to seeing the trees in leaf and a wave goodbye to what was a long, dreary winter devoid of sun and natural light. Re: the 'liking' changes, I suspect it was long considered and discussed and obviously the pro's outweighed the con's for the adjustments made. In some ways, If I saw a snarky remark/post and those who then 'liked it, it gave me some moral indicators and informed my decision whether to 'swerve' such posters in future… I also liked the fact that you could 'connect a like to a name' when you showed support for another, of which this forum is very good at (although, yes, I know, this is a predominately weather forum), it made the support more empathic and real. But, I also totally understand the reasoning behind making likes 'anonymous' too. It's a difficult strike to balance. Just my take on it, forgive the OT, I felt a need to say it. Either way, I hope it makes moderating easier and ensures more harmonious discussion, debate and banter…about weather. Tis now 9.3 c and I am not sure we have seen the last of the cold, so stocked one more cubic metre of wood for the stove to be sure :-)
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    The Beach
    An abstract shot I took on a sunny September on Hove prom. The layers of prom, pebbles, sea and cloud formations were almost in line, It is a shot I have never been able to repeat since.

    © Alixzandra

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    Mirror image

    Alixzandra posted a gallery image in Summer

    Mirror image
    A photograph I took at Sheffield Park, with sky and trees mirrored in the crystal clear lake.

    © Alixzandra

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    Working in the sunshine for most of the day, heeding Charltonkerry's words about 'its all in the planning' for my polytunnel project. Started on the raised beds, so glad of the good clear day and another to follow tomorrow. I joined this 'what I thought' was a quaint little gardening group on Facebook and thought oh well, I'll share a picture of my humble work in progress. I have been bombarded with about 40 notifications in the last hour all with various questions and others just arguing what polytunnels are best I know gardeners are passionate, but blimey!
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    I'm so very sorry, I understand and know how painful that can be. Best wishes to you.
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