SWEATING IT. (15/08/12)

The last couple of days have been really humid. Today is worse than yesterday. Rain is predicted within the next couple of hours so that should clear the air. I've got a headache due to the heat and am covered in insect bites....I'm not a happy Adrian.

I have been getting lots of anonymous spam comments.....these are a nuisance. I decided that a trip round the church was in order. I'd take some snaps and have a quick pray that the spammers get hit by lightening.

Here is the church...peeping through the trees. It's us that are peeping, churches for all their undoubted attributes can't see let alone peek.

Unfortunately it was locked up so I contented myself with a wander by the river. The dogs were going berserk tearing around and leaping in and out of the water. They met a couple of of wire haired Jack Russell terriers which doubled their fun....The owner was not best pleased when he arrived ten minutes into the game to find his dogs soaking wet and muddy. Even making allowances for his obvious distress I did find it hard to equate copulating in hades with four damp dogs. It begs the question....What does he do with his dogs in the privacy of his own home? When he addressed them as little bastards I was extremely relieved. 

On we strolled and I found this....................................

It looks like mint but doesn't smell like mint.......It's Corn Mint, I've never seen it before but a grand little plant it is. I looked it up and it prefers dry places. It's growing on the banks of the Tees. That's 'Collins Wild Flowers' for you....no wonder I get confused. Growing adjacent was this little gem.....

I have looked through all the yellow tagged pages in my book but can't find it. It did smell faintly of Marlboro. I see that the Australians have banned branding on Marlboro....They will be supplied in plain green boxes. How the devil will the Aussies know what they are buying? Had I realised what a photogenic bit of flora it was I'd have done a bit of gardening and shown it off to perfection. It grows about a foot or so tall.

This is my flower book.....It is one of a series that covers creepy crawlies, mammals, fungi, rocks and trees. They are pretty good and cheap if you buy them discounted. 

Blue flowers are in the blue bit, yellow in the yellow bit.....Yellow can be in the white bit and blue are sometimes in the red bit......It's maybe just my eyes! In the first photograph I see the crossword in the background. I've been doing well with it lately but have failed today so here it is........

It will enlarge with a click for anyone who is interested.

On Monday I posted a picture that was on the skew.....I have reworked it.

That's better.

Enjoy the rain when it arrives with you and if it's arrived then enjoy the sun that is following it.