[lace] Storms in the UK
Where I am on the south coast, we had quite a bit of wind and a lot of rain. Several trees were brought down in the area, some blocking roads, other narrowly avoiding houses. We have a huge oak tree in the garden and there's a lot more light coming through it now, as it lost about half its leaves - got no idea where they ended up, as they're not in neighouring gardens. A plant pot was blown over, as was our recycling bin, and one of the soffit panels on the front of our garage was torn off. There were already a couple of cracks in the garage roof, and that part of the garage was flooded. The wind woke me up twice in the night when it was really blowing. Not anywhere near as bad as 1987 - that really was bad. All was quiet by mid-day when I went to my lace group. Saw no sign of trees down, and just one road sign lying on the grass verge. Everyine was there and no-one seemed to have suffered anything much. LACE CONTENT: I am currently working on the simplest butterfly from Ulrike Lhor's 'Butterfly and Moth'. If that's the simplest, I have no intention of attempting the others! I found the head extremely difficult, crossing the threads from one side to the other and working half stitch in one colour inside another in whole stitch. After four attempts, I decided to leave it as it was as a design feature. Probably doesn't help that I changed the colours to use what I already had. I also enlarged it to A4 and it's fiddly enough at that magnification. My admiration to anyone who makes at the original size. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Storms in the UK
Should have added that four people were killed in the storms in the UK- a couple when there was an explosion at their house which was though to have been cause by a gas main fracturing when a tree fell on it, one person when a tree fell on their car and another when a tree fell on the mobile home she was sleeping in. Bad, but not as bad as it could have been. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Storms in UK and Europe!
Hi Arachnids, Thank you for your concern. Not much damage in our area, thank goodness, just some debris in the garden. I live near the top of a hill and even a large tree we thought might have come down stayed put -it will have to come down soon to protect the surrounding properties-. There have been some trees down and several of our surrounding villages have had power cuts, but it certainly has not been as bad as the 1987 hurricane. I am just sad for the four people who lost their lives because of the storm in the UK. Three were just in the wrong place at the wrong time; the fourth one seemed somewhat foolhardy. He went swimming in a rising sea while storm warnings had been out for several days. He put other lives in danger as well as they had to go out to sea in the storm and search for him. Will get my pillow out today and try to finish my bit of lace for the exchange. Happy lace making, Joepie in -at present sunny- East Sussex, UK - From: Clay Blackwell Dear spiders! I am so concerned about all of my friends in the UK and Europe who are experiencing the storms! These are so similar to the storms we had last year, and they were devastating! So, please keep us posted as you get past the worst of the storms, and as you learn of others who were not so fortunate, let our list know. Clay - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Storms in UK and Europe!
Clay, thanks for thinking about us. Here in Hamburg we are used to those winter-thunderstorms. Yesterday it was awful but there are places were it was worse. In the afternoon they had to stop the underground, it comes on certain places on the surface and because of falling trees and such things they couldn't drive. Also some trains were blocked. The airport was closed. You can imagine how many people sit here and couldn't go ahead. In the morning I had to go to the city and there the storm through us around like leaves falling from the trees. In the afternoon, sitting on my favorite place for lacemaking on the sixth floor in our dining room, the window shows to the south. every few minutes a heavy wave of storm came against me. I was afraid the window will brake and it was as cold as outside. So I put some cloth against the small gaps. The newspaper says this morning about 1000 trees were pulled out of the soil, windows brake and roofs were damaged. I am wondering how short it was this time but I am happy it has an end. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Storms and trimming posts
Dear Arachnes, Please, please trim your posts. I'm seeing some really long, untrimmed posts. If you really don't know how to trim posts in your tablet, write to me privately and I'll help you. The storm thread properly belongs to Lace-Chat. I'm not going to insist that it be moved, because it will probably blow over (pun intended). Thank-you for your coperation! Avital Arachne moderator - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] storms
Hi Arachnids I live in Haywards Heath, Sussex and while we had high winds it was not as bad as we were led to believe it would be. The worst we had was a panel from next doorâs fence on our flower bed. There was no damage. Thank you for the mention of my book Cathy. Happy lacemaking Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Storms in UK and Europe!
Dear spiders! I am so concerned about all of my friends in the UK and Europe who are experiencing the storms! These are so similar to the storms we had last year, and they were devastating! So, please keep us posted as you get past the worst of the storms, and as you learn of others who were not so fortunate, let our list know. Clay Sent from my iPad - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Storms in UK and Europe!
We're in North Kent but we got away lightly this time with no structural damage and no power cuts, just a bit of debris around the garden. The worst for us was about 8-9am. Brenda I am so concerned about all of my friends in the UK and Europe who are experiencing the storms! Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Storms in UK and Europe!
Clay We in my part of Wales got off very lightly considering what was expected. The storm's path remained on the English side of the Severn Estuary (aka Bristol Channel) and we were deluged (nothing new there!) rather than blown to bits. According to our local news the main problem was flooded roads and I imagine some trees may have come down simply because we had a prolonged period of high winds on Saturday and during daylight hours on Sunday and the ground was already sodden. Southern England suffered the most and no doubt people from that area will tell of their experiences. Even there the event was less serious than the hurricane of 1987. Patricia in Wales Dear spiders! I am so concerned about all of my friends in the UK and Europe who are experiencing the storms! These are so similar to the storms we had last year, and they were devastating! So, please keep us posted as you get past the worst of the storms, and as you learn of others who were not so fortunate, let our list know. Clay - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Storms and lace
Arlene in NJ, - None of us would do anything else, I think, than sit and make lace in times like you are going through. What a pity no-one else near you understands. I wonder what they have been doing in their spare time! I know I, too, would just sit and make lace - calming, and productive. So please don't feel guilty about it, - I think it is the most sensible thing you can do. It is good therapy, and you have something of beauty at the end. Best wishes and good luck Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
