Weather-related...

Today, from my office window looking out onto our normally reasonably docile lake, there are white caps. The weather forecast says there are winds up to 45kmh coming from the South East. Seems stronger than that to me.

I have given up counting the number of "thudsplats" I have heard this morning as misguided birds foraging for food this spring day get caught in the gusts and hit our very large glass windows. Four out of five cats are running around eagerly (Merlin being the exception), taking great pleasure in the misfortunes of birds of all sizes careening off the glass to the ground below, and as only cats can, seemingly pointing and gloating (that would be, specifically, the Dude) at the stunned birds that attempt to catch their breath and senses after hitting windows at a velocity greater than the wind speed.

The strong winds are also bringing chunks of ice from water much further north as they, the lake 'icebergs', prepare for their final melt in our slightly warmer lake waters.

Isn’t nature grand?