For a change the storms are running north to south, so the hump of the Downs that keep coastal storms from getting up to me are probably stopping them getting down to you. The wind has no business coming from the north at this time of year, but that’s another conversation ( or ‘It’s just weather’, as Trump so famously said).
No dog, Tharg. Much as I’d like one (a Bernese or a shaggy German Shepherd) I can’t walk it and DH isn’t keen, having ‘served his time walking dogs’ while growing up with various large dogs in the family. I know there are Dog Walkers for hire, etc., but . . . that ship has sailed.
We had a marvellous black cat called Oscar, though. Died of cancer a few years ago, and we’re holding off getting another can until we’ve replaced the leather furniture. 🙂
Funny how many Americans seem to think tortoises and turtles are the same thing, especially as there are wild desert tortoises in the Southern States!