In The Pink

Thanks to everyone who left a comment wishing Roxy a speedy recovery. I am thrilled to report that she is making small, daily improvements and is seeming much more herself which is just wonderful. She can still only manage small walks but felt up to barking at the lawnmower today which we are taking as a good sign! (She has an aversion to appliances, in particular the lawn mower and the hoover, and if left alone with them will sometimes attack!) Thanks also so Karen for the addition of a wind god to accompany my last Sky Watch Friday post. Tawhirimatea, the Maori god of wind and storms. This is the story. Tawhirimatea - Māori legend retold by Wiremu Grace, 2001 Tawhirimatea lived between the embrace of Ranginui and Papatuanuku as did the other children of his whānau. He liked living close to his parents. He could talk to his mother and, when he needed it, he could get advice from his father. Tawhirimatea didn't mind the difficulties of living in continual darkness or that th...

On a recent trip to Bodmin Moor I snapped this shot just before a particularly harsh storm care of the west wind. It brought snow for about an hour. I have looked up Gods of the West Wind to name this post and it would seem that there are a few! Dagoda , Slavic god, Dajoji , Iroquois god, Favonius , Roman god, Kabun , Algonquin god, Ú-heponolo , Zuni god, Zephyros , Greek god, or maybe it was... Mari , Basque goddess - Ruler of the Wind. Stribog , Slavic god - Grandfather of the Wind or Hanui-o-Rangi , Polynesian - Father of the Winds. To join Sky Watch or see other participants click here Information Credit: Wind Gods by Charlotte Boyett-Compo