November Wettens
@NormanDarlo (1071)
Ireland
November 9, 2018 11:09am CST
I got out in the garden this morning, and with some help, got lots achieved, turning over compost, trimming harvested bamboo canes, raking leaves. But it was windy and cloudy from the get-go, and come midday the heavens opened up and shed their load on us. Five hours later it's still pouring down.
I guess it's typical November weather for this part of the world, and it's dark now at 5 pm. The shot above is looking out the window a couple of hours ago. Here comes winter!
Some people find the shortening evenings depressing, but I feel a sort of cosiness as autumn starts to morph into winter. What's your feeling on that?
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
9 Nov 18
Well, I prefer longer daylight at night since I get up at 8 AM. I can't be selfish, if others want the light in the morning that's fine too. 
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
11 Nov 18
@NormanDarlo I'm retired and so being late for work is no longer a concern. 
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Nov 18
You can always adjust your personal clock. But you might end up being late for work 
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Nov 18
@1hopefulman Still, I'm sure there are occasions when you arrange to meet up with people, or need to catch a train!
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
11 Nov 18
@NormanDarlo They waited too long, if the change was made at the end of September (as it was in the past) it would have been useful.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Nov 18
That's what the recent clock adjustment was meant to achieve, but its effect is rather short-lived.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Nov 18
@LadyDuck Ah, I didn't know the date varied so much, and I don't know whether it is co-ordinated between the different European countries.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
9 Nov 18
I love cold weather but not having to wake up while it's still dark. I don't mind the early evening dark.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
12 Nov 18
@NormanDarlo I really am in Japan, in western Tokyo. We don't change the clock here. That means that in the summer, the sun comes up at about 4:00 but still is down before 8:00 p.m. In the winter, the latest we have sunrise is about 6:30 which is still later than I have to get up, and the sun is going down about 5:00 pm now, but it will get earlier through December.
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
12 Nov 18
@petatonicsca Mind you, I visited Kyushu last year, which is further west and south than my home, and I thought the sun would never come up-- like about 8:00 a.m. in December. All of Japan is on the same time zone but I never thought how different it would be to the southwest.
@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Nov 18
There are so many people here with blatantly false locations, I seldom know who to believe. But I will assume that you really are in Japan, and ask you, do you adjust the clock there in spring and autumn?
@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
11 Nov 18
@NormanDarlo Well now that is a winning plan cant beat that Norman.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Nov 18
Thanks, Courage! Yeah we have volunteers come help us in the garden in exchange for food and accommodation. Just started doing that this year and it has been a great success!
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
11 Nov 18
@NormanDarlo It can be, like in life, no matter what happens, if we can't change it, we have to learn acceptance.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Nov 18
It's good to be able to accept what we can do nothing to change. Some find it very depressing.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Nov 18
Yes, isn't it strange how the weather affects our moods!
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Nov 18
I think it affects some people more than others!
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@leny34 (8506)
• Sidoarjo, Indonesia
11 Nov 18
@NormanDarlo Yes, that is true,,
indeed at the beginning of the change of weather we will feel uncomfortable
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@xFiacre (13013)
• Ireland
9 Nov 18
@normandarlo I like whatever nature decides to send our way. Rain was torrential this afternoon here but it's still not really all that cold yet.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Nov 18
I can enjoy all sorts of weather, but sometimes winter overstays its welcome.
