Frogs Pr0n init!
In a suburban garden the rite of spring has sprung once again, and I'm reminded of
Andy Richardson's observation that the frogs know just how much rain to expect and lay accordingly. When I was with Andy during the summer he did have an uncanny ability to tell what the weather was about to do, so I'm a big believer in his old wives tales. Science usually catches up with old wives tales, after denying them for a few years, so I suspect the Meteorological Office actually just has a frog pond out the back, and all the 'computers' are just cereal boxes and fairy lights.
These frogs seem to agree with Thames Water and the Met Office; we're looking at a drought. In wet summers gone by I've seen about ten times the amount they've laid this year.
Bodes for a dismal Trout season. I wonder where my sea fishing rigs are?
More soon
SBW
8 comments:
I can see this spawning a regular weather blog...
On any matter regarding things in the natural world, if there is disagreement between the following two--a scientist with enormous credentials that I don't personally know, and an honest woodsman with lots of experience that I do know, I'll go with what the woodsman says, every time!....L.B.
Ho Ho Hippo
Funnily enough I've just got off the phone with Andy and will probably be in Scotland again quite soon, learning more of his canny ways
SBW
LB
Very true - book learning is actually reciting, learning AKA the acquisition of knowledge is only ever a response to unexpected circumstance.
SBW
Spring is here. Saw the same thing in Scotland last weekend.
ATB,
Roe Stalker
Roe Stalker
I was on the phone with Andy [in fife] yesterday and he said the same thing, quite disturbing really as usually the water shortages are confined to my neck of the woods.
SBW
Your photo was far more salacious than mine, dang it!
One does one's best Josh, one does one's best
SBW
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