Tuesday 25 August 2009

Tuesday.

 


Stormy sky beyond the trees at the end of our garden. The storm missed us, but I think the next village over is getting it in the neck.
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5 comments:

Crowbard said...

Does William's mother live over that way?

Unknown said...

Yes, I think it's going round by Will's mother's.

Crowbard said...

Strange how it always "looks a bit black over Bill's Mother's!"

Any idea where this climatic pleasantry originated?

Nea said...

What? Sue Pool's?

Unknown said...

Hi Crowbard. I haven't come across your version of the saying - I think it must be a midland one. The East Anglian one is "We had to go all the way round by Will's mother's", meaning a long way round, or to an inaccessibleplace. Sounds a bit like Grandma's cottage in Little Red Riding hood, so possibly the middle generation's name was William?

Hi Nea. I think an earlier William, or an earlier mother, and anyway the lady in question hasn't been Sue Poole for a good many years now.