Still raining, even if with short breaks in between showers now and then.
Yesterday, I went down to another part of the river to check the water levels there. As you can see in these photos, quite a few of the trees "along" the river are now "in" the water...
Today, one could almost see the sun breaking through the clouds for a while, so I decided to walk "downtown" for a couple of errands.
Not flooded - but not much space between the water surface and that footbridge...
The lowest of the stone steps is under water. (The ducks probably don't mind, though!)
I also spotted a lonely swan in the park, and zoomed it in across the water.
First, I visited my favourite tea shop to stock up on some favourite tea blends.
Second, I visited the book shop to stock up on erasable ink refills for my crossword pens.
I did not go into any clothes shops, but I did a bit of "window shopping" :) Seems like purple/lilac/magenta is on the rise again... (Suits me fine, as I already have items of those kinds of hues in my wardrobe!)
I also popped in to check out a new shop in the city mall - called "Normal" - which I'd only read about and seen ads for on TV. (Just googled, and I see it's a Danish-owned retail chain.) They turned out to sell mostly make-up and hygiene products and things like that (and claim to be cheap). I doubt I'll be a frequent customer, as I only use fragrance-free products, which I usually buy at the pharmacies... On this my first visit I bought some tissues, though (cheap, and on my shopping list anyway).
... and I also bought this little box of breath mints, mainly because I noted that it was metal (so can be reused to put other things/pills in), plus had the shop's logo on it ("Normal" plus the silly cartoon guy from their ads), so that I'd be able to take a photo of that instead of trying to take photos in the shop... (Silly reason - but it was also cheap, and nothing wrong with the mints.)
In the park, they were taking down the "light art" that was exhibited there during the winter. (I never got to see it in proper darkness but I've shown daytime photos of it before.)
On my way back home it started raining again. I had a foldable umbrella in my backpack, and didn't get too soaked. On the whole it was good to get out on a little "town adventure" again - for the first time this side of New Year ;-)
Your town looks very pretty.. if a little damp!
ReplyDeleteNever at its very best this time of year, JC! ;)
DeleteI guess purple is really in now. The mint box is really cute!
ReplyDeleteGinny, I like purple, so happy to see it back in fashion.
DeleteI hope the water levels don't rise much more and cause flooding. In Yorkshire, flooding is a frequent problem; people have been building up too much, too near to the rivers, and straightened many of them so that the water has nowhere to go anymore. My sister-in-law sent me two pictures from Fountains Abbey on Saturday, beautiful sunshine but the river Skell is almost level with the meadow.
ReplyDeleteIt was sunny here yesterday from about lunchtime till mid-afternoon, but by the time I was able to go for a walk, hardly any of that was left, and my walk ended in the rain. An umbrella would have been of no use as it was still very windy, but I had the hood attached to my padded winter coat and was quite snug.
Meike, I understand some areas out in the countryside here are having real problems with flooding already.
DeletePS: The swan looks like a young adult, maybe from last spring. (Colour of beak and feet)
ReplyDeleteMust have been left/stayed behind from its flock I suppose. We don't usually have a lot of swans here but they often stop here for a while when migrating.
DeleteI, too hope that your water levels don't rise any further.
ReplyDeleteHere, this morning began by looking very grey and overcast - very much like your photos - but without the rain. I wanted to do a big shop-up so went out early to the supermarket.
By the time I came home, the clouds had started to break up, and by the time I took the dog for her walk, the sun had come through. What I didn't bargain for was the biting wind, though my computer tells me it's now 20ºC and partly sunny. Tomorrow we're expecting a drop in temperature, which sounds like the tail end of the icy blasts further north in Europe.
Felt more icy here today than yesterday, too (even it the thermometer is still on + rather than - C)
ReplyDeleteI'm the same as you with products, I have to be very careful with what I buy as my skin reacts to just about everything. I'm hoping your river levels don't rise anymore.
ReplyDeleteIt is raining so much in your town and in mine, which brings with it potential problems of course. I would enjoy a visit to the tea shop, I buy a wide variety of loose leaf teas. I like the magenta color for clothes. The name Normal for a shop makes me smile.
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