because i have no life.
but this fog is ridiculous. and someone walked towards me and it was like in a scary film. he also looked a bit serial killer-ish.
but i survived :p
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I'm fine! Totally fine. I don't know why it's coming out all loud and squeaky, 'cause really, I'm fine!
Wow that's thicker than it is here! It does remind me of a horror film - I had to walk home in the dark last night and every so often I'd see a beam of light shine through from a street lamp. Was half expecting to meet my serial killer match, standing beneath the light.
Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world awaits in darkness for the light that is you.
where i live it's right in a dip, and the common is directly behind my house, so dip + big fields everywhere = major fog!
it is creepy, but exciting!
if its the same tomorrow i might leave earlier so i have time to scare some people by jumping out of the fog!
although most people are in bed when i leave the house anyway
I'm fine! Totally fine. I don't know why it's coming out all loud and squeaky, 'cause really, I'm fine!
A totally different angle on fog (which I bet you didn't know) is that wild geese become totally disorientated by it. They've flown down unerringly from Iceland, Greenland or wherever earlier in the year, yet when it comes to returning to their roosts (perhaps only a few miles) from where they've been feeding during the day they can become totally lost in fog. I've heard them, in the dark, milling around the lights of a village in Scotland for over half an hour, while the river they wanted to roost on was only a few hundred yards away.
So, rightly or wrongly, I conclude that geese in TransAtlantic Mode are operating on a different system than they do once they've arrived on their wintering grounds on the East coast of Scotland/England. But what different system? Bird migration is still an inexactitude science and, I suppose, who on RYL should greatly care? But I do, and I believe that our knowledge of the natural world around us is fundamentally important to our own existence ...
Don't fog and England go together like white on rice? For decades one largest US coat manufacturer was named London Fog so maybe I just have an image stuck in my head.
I could be wrong, but I think the London fog thing might refer to the industrial revolution?
As in, smoky type fog from factories.
I think it's generally more foggy in rural areas because of the damp on the fields.
I'm probably talking complete rubbish though!
Eeek!! dementors!!
I have to leave the house shortly, don't know if I want to now
I'm fine! Totally fine. I don't know why it's coming out all loud and squeaky, 'cause really, I'm fine!
I used to like how pristine the fog in the countryside looked. And I think you're right Beckie as I don't really see much fog in London even though I'm up as early as you're some days!
Menticide, I think you're right. It used to be known as smog - a combination of industrial pollution, chimney smoke and natural fog. Thankfully, as a result of legislation it is largely no more ...
Tony personally I would love to know more about migration! Especially in species where the young have to make their first trip without parents to guide them, I think it's incredible.
I may be wrong but I think geese (and swans) may navigate partially by landmarks on the ground, especially once they reach roosting sites. Although something must tell them the way when they are over the sea with no landmarks! Still, I suppose that's why they get lost in fog.
(Another totally irrelevant fact - the wild whooper swans at Martin mere are fed at 3.30pm daily in winter and they unerringly start returning to the lake around 3pm to get ready to be fed! How do they tell the time!?)
There is still a London smog. Not nearly as bad in days of old but you can definitely still feel the pollution in the air, mainly in the form of heat. When it snows here, it doesn't tend to settle either due to the smog creating heat.
There is also a ridiculous amount of light pollution. So much so that you can't see any stars. If there is one thing I really really miss about home, it's being able to see all of the stars at night, because home is pretty much in the country.
The world is just illusion always trying to change me.
You will find wonder wherever you can, and spread joy whenever you are able.
I felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure, that had long appeared dead, divide within me. - Frankenstein.
