Red Alert

 

*The time has come the Walrus said

To talk of many things

Of ships and shoes and sealing wax

And eating gingerbread

It's gingery and peppery . The best gingerbread house I've eaten.  K loves it too so thank goodness I don't have to eat it all by myself

Today is the perfect day for eating gingerbread and drinking mushroom coffee. For a start...... 

Last night we all got a Red Alert on our phones.  Extreme weather was on its way. Has arrived.  

We are now being battered by strong winds and rain. Schools are closed today.  I know, once upon a time we'd be battling through the storm barefoot to get to school. Times have changed.  But I must admit that we are seeing pictures on the news of schools with flying tiles and the front yard of the Primary School here floods in weather like this.  

I was going to open the Beaujolais. Vintage 2024

But today I need something to warm the cockles of my heart

I decanted a 'vintage' red, from a 5 litre jar to a smaller bottle and into my special wine glass, a present from a special friend.

The red wine was given to me by my son in law Yiannis . Yiannis gets his wine from a small village a few hours away where family grapevines produce excellent wine. It's a 'bold' tipple.  One glass and I'm glowing 

Meanwhile down under in the Bay of Plenty, NZ, they've also had a Civil Defence warning

Our family man digging a trench to divert flood waters away from their house 

The only difference are the temperatures.  It's probably in the 20s there while it's 7oC here.  

*I hadn't realised how many verses there were to this piece of poetry .

The Walrus and the Carpenter

By Lewis Carroll 

Worth the Google and the read