In the garden, and RAIN!!!!

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BRENDA

Saturday, March 5, 2022 10:01 AM

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Found a new detective series on Britbox called "Shetland" which I think you would like, but it's relativey new so only the first two seasons might be available free. There are six all together. The main characcter (Jimmy Perez) is not your typical quirky cerebral, cynical Sherlock Holmesian detective. He's a reflective, stable, responsible guy whose major strength IMHO is an empathic grasp of people. Worth looking up.

I had to look up where the Shetland Islands are. Gawd, they're in the middle of nowhere!

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

My library has "Shetland" and I got season 1 out today SIG. Will let you know what I think of it.

BRENDA

Saturday, March 5, 2022 11:18 PM

Gorgeous day for my walk once I get up and going.

SIGNYM

Sunday, March 6, 2022 12:02 AM

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SIGNYM:
Found a new detective series on Britbox called "Shetland" which I think you would like, but it's relativey new so only the first two seasons might be available free. There are six all together. The main characcter (Jimmy Perez) is not your typical quirky cerebral, cynical Sherlock Holmesian detective. He's a reflective, stable, responsible guy whose major strength IMHO is an empathic grasp of people. Worth looking up.

I had to look up where the Shetland Islands are. Gawd, they're in the middle of nowhere!

BRENDA: My library has "Shetland" and I got season 1 out today SIG. Will let you know what I think of it.

Oh, cool! I'm very interested in how you react! I found the main character to be non-stereotypical, which was interesting to me.

FWIW, the remaining seasons are not based on any books by Ann Cleeves, they're "based on the characters created by Ann Cleeves". So I already detect "character drift" ... but that's another story (literally).

Also, if there is any place with more depressing weather and landscape than Shetland, I don't know what! (Except maybe Finland, where you have all the blessings of bad weather plus several months of near-total darkness. A Finn who used to work for me and who went back home sent me a picture of Christmas in Finland: it looked wet, cold, and DARK.)

I looked Shetland weather up, of course. It's never really gets below freezing in the winter, but never gets much above 50F in the summer. (My guess is bc the Gulf Stream circulates that far north). It gets a LOT of rain, has a lot of cloudy days, is relatively treeless (prolly bc of sheep grazing) and is subject to violent Atlantic windstorms in fall and winter (essentially like cold-weather hurricanes).

When there is an interior scene, look at the windows and the depth of the walls: the walls are very thick, the buildings are sturdy, and the windows are small.

BTW I wondered why Ireland is also treeless. It's not cold or dry, you would think it would support a luxuriant temperate rainforest. Turns out it USED to be forested with (mostly) low-growing trees/shrubs: willow, wild cherry, rose etc. before sheep and agriculture. Apparently there is an effort to replant some native species. Maybe, bybeing sheltered from the wind, a few oaks and beech and hornbeam will take root too.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

BRENDA

Sunday, March 6, 2022 3:02 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Quote:
SIGNYM:
Found a new detective series on Britbox called "Shetland" which I think you would like, but it's relativey new so only the first two seasons might be available free. There are six all together. The main characcter (Jimmy Perez) is not your typical quirky cerebral, cynical Sherlock Holmesian detective. He's a reflective, stable, responsible guy whose major strength IMHO is an empathic grasp of people. Worth looking up.

I had to look up where the Shetland Islands are. Gawd, they're in the middle of nowhere!

BRENDA: My library has "Shetland" and I got season 1 out today SIG. Will let you know what I think of it.
Oh, cool! I'm very interested in how you react! I found the main character to be non-stereotypical, which was interesting to me.

FWIW, the remaining seasons are not based on any books by Ann Cleeves, they're "based on the characters created by Ann Cleeves". So I already detect "character drift" ... but that's another story (literally).

Also, if there is any place with more depressing weather and landscape than Shetland, I don't know what! (Except maybe Finland, where you have all the blessings of bad weather plus several months of near-total darkness. A Finn who used to work for me and who went back home sent me a picture of Christmas in Finland: it looked wet, cold, and DARK.)

I looked Shetland weather up, of course. It's never really gets below freezing in the winter, but never gets much above 50F in the summer. (My guess is bc the Gulf Stream circulates that far north). It gets a LOT of rain, has a lot of cloudy days, is relatively treeless (prolly bc of sheep grazing) and is subject to violent Atlantic windstorms in fall and winter (essentially like cold-weather hurricanes).

When there is an interior scene, look at the windows and the depth of the walls: the walls are very thick, the buildings are sturdy, and the windows are small.

BTW I wondered why Ireland is also treeless. It's not cold or dry, you would think it would support a luxuriant temperate rainforest. Turns out it USED to be forested with (mostly) low-growing trees/shrubs: willow, wild cherry, rose etc. before sheep and agriculture. Apparently there is an effort to replant some native species. Maybe, bybeing sheltered from the wind, a few oaks and beech and hornbeam will take root too.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

This series will be completely new to me as I know nothing about it outside of what you have said.

I think there are lots of little islands off the coast of England and Scotland. I know the Hebrides are off the coast of Scotland, at least I think. There's the Isle of Wight and the Isle of Skye too.

That would be fantastic if the Irish could do that.

BRENDA

Sunday, March 6, 2022 3:03 AM

Back from my walk and my area is sitting at about 50F, which is right I think around normal.

SIGNYM

Sunday, March 6, 2022 8:32 PM

Ran out of steam and ordered pizza for the family. Have to say, my sense of taste is still screwed up; it wasn't intolerable but it wasn't as tasty as I expected, either.

But it was a great break from the cooking/dishwashing treadmill. (yeah, not supposed to do dishes, but I am.) The stack of pots, pans, baking trays, jars, utensiles etc etc from a few days of b'fasts and dinners was... daunting, to say the least! At least I got to finish the pots/pans/bakeware/storage containers b4 I ran out of steam and went for a 2-hour nap! All I have left are actual dishes, which have already been scrub-rinsed, and they're not so bad.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

BRENDA

Sunday, March 6, 2022 11:46 PM

Just a lazy Sunday around me but it is nice and dry out.

SIGNYM

Monday, March 7, 2022 3:03 AM

It's nice that you have a day of rest, BRENDA!

I should try to set up something like that myself, altho so far my energy, aches and pains, and the weather have made any significant project kind of a catch-as-catch-can effort

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

BRENDA

Monday, March 7, 2022 3:26 AM

It is good.

And I agree you should try to set some time aside for you to rest and heal a little more.

SIGNYM

Monday, March 7, 2022 5:34 AM

Well, using you as an example, I don't think I can do a weekly day of rest, but I've decided to take a nap or at least a rest every day between 3-4PM, and see how that goes

That way I think my efforts will be more consistent, I won't wear myself out one day and have to take the next day, or a 3-hiur nap, to recover!

Thanks for your good example!

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

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