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Rain and an Extract

Rain all day and we went out for lunch with a dear friend lifting each others’ spirits and having a laugh. Here’s another word for rain from my beautiful book, Ninety-Nine Words for Rain by Manchan Magan.

And, an extract from a lovely poem for you, A Short Story of Falling by Alice Oswald. It seemed particularly appropriate for a day of ‘falling rain.’.

You might like to look it up to see the rest….I particularly like the last stanza here.

 
 

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Primroses, Amaryllis and A Beautiful Book

Primroses in the garden and our five week old Amaryllis, first potted on January 12th.

 

I have been given the most beautiful book by a very dear friend who knows of my love of words of all kinds. It’s called “Ninety-Nine Words for Rain” and is by Manchán Magan with gorgeous illustrations by Megan Luddy. Expect to see lots of lovely Irish words over the next few months. As regular readers will know, Cornwall has had enormous amounts of rain and some vicious storms over the last couple of months and there are words here for every kind of rain. Here today, gleidearnach, which beautifully describes some of our recent rain.

 
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Posted by on February 9, 2026 in art, friendship, nature, Postaday 2026, Words

 

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