March winds and giboulées
Mar. 15th, 2018 05:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shewhomustA blowy morning, and the recycling collectors, in their usual haste, dropping the waste bins where they fall - our green box was picked up by a gust of wind, and I chased it across the street, where it was captured by a passing neighbour.
By the time we reached the Farmers' Market, the wind had dropped, and the rain had set in: the stalls huddled round the edge of the Market Place, and there were several empty frames in the centre, where stallholders had decided the wind was too much to manage, and gone home.
But it's spring: the vegetable growers, who only come in the winter, were making their last appearance. No more muddy, tasty carrots until the autumn.
The rain wasn't heavy, but it was steady. Not a giboulée, a new (French) word which I learned from a Flickr contact. She captioned this lovely picture "Giboulée de mars" and I had to look it up. According to my Collins Robert, a giboulée is a (sudden) downpour or shower, and a giboulée de mars is the equivalent of an April shower. Spring comes earlier in the south.
Meanwhile, we are warned that there may be snow tomorrow.
By the time we reached the Farmers' Market, the wind had dropped, and the rain had set in: the stalls huddled round the edge of the Market Place, and there were several empty frames in the centre, where stallholders had decided the wind was too much to manage, and gone home.
But it's spring: the vegetable growers, who only come in the winter, were making their last appearance. No more muddy, tasty carrots until the autumn.
The rain wasn't heavy, but it was steady. Not a giboulée, a new (French) word which I learned from a Flickr contact. She captioned this lovely picture "Giboulée de mars" and I had to look it up. According to my Collins Robert, a giboulée is a (sudden) downpour or shower, and a giboulée de mars is the equivalent of an April shower. Spring comes earlier in the south.
Meanwhile, we are warned that there may be snow tomorrow.
