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Weather lore – splash or soak? from loiswakeman 548 days old

This year, the oak leaves were out well before the ash. According to the saw: “Oak before ash, in for a splash – ash before oak, in for a soak”. Left: ...

May in May from loiswakeman 551 days old

At last, the hawthorn is flowering. For me, a still sunny afternoon, listening to flies buzzing, wood pigeons cooing, and smelling the heavy perfume ...

"Oak before ash... from loiswakeman 937 days old

we're in for a splash; ash before oak, we're in for a soak". Thus goes the country saying, which refers to the order in which the oak and ash trees ...