I love this word. 
I use it when I think of yesterdays weather. And it fits yesterday. This much snow in April is anathema to me and just Not Appropriate. I mean – HONESTLY. I have summer people coming and they need feeding and the deal is that I can invite as many people as I like as long as I feed them from my own farm so at this point in time I hope none of them are vegetarians because the glass house greens are almost gone. We will be living on bread and eggs and meat until the milking starts. There has been so little sun. And usually by now I am cutting kale from the outside garden. I can see why the pioneers ate so many beans. 
Alex was acting peculiar yesterday so from now on she can sleep inside. I will train her to come into the Black Hole of Calcutta pen each evening. This is a favourite pen for calving as it is warm, dark and private. She will not be calving for a while yet but her udder was even tighter today, her tail was up and she was not righ for a heifer with two and a half months to go- it would surprise me if she went to her Late June date, so she will be brought in at night from now on so she does not calve at night down the back with coyotes patrolling the boundaries. I need her well trained in case there are complications. I do not want her to be traumatised if I have to catch her. Lady will come in with no encouragement but I need to train Alex to get used to being in a pen by herself and quietly moving in without coersion.
Anyway there we were minding our own business, cold, wet but OK 
then this rolled in.
and followed me home
and before I knew it the dogs and I were racing for the house to outrun this.
This cat above is in the best place to wait out this wild, cold, windy weather.
They are predicting sun for next week. Not warm but sunny at least. Fingers crossed.
Love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
52 responses to “anathema”
There’s only one word for weather like that at this time of year – YUCK!! It seemed so very strange to have had snow melting on the lovely green grass. It’s all gone today but we may get more. I know my son in the Philadelphia area has already had snow today. As they say in New York City – ENOUGH ALREADY! ; O )
Impressive weather you had.
At least that snow didn’t last long. Here in Herscher it didn’t, anyway.
no, it is all melted now – hopefully yhat is winters last gasp… c
If I could send ten degrees your way I would!
Nature reminding us we do not control it!! Hope Sheila is feeling better these days.
Eerie cloud formation and wonderful sky colours in NZ yesterday https://www.facebook.com/MetService/photos/a.154197624642304.35091.136819026380164/1085413981520659/?type=3&theater…….and the cows missed it 🙂
wow – amazing shots.. what a sky
We had snow squalls all day Friday here in Minnesota. It would be sunny and the next minute spitting snow as thick as a blizzard. I’ve never seen a day quite like it. Today’s weather was sunny, but cold with a brisk, biting wind.
sounds similar here! I think that is the end of it though – hoping so. c
Thanks for the share
We have summer here.
Almost 35 degree.
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By now you’d think we’d be used to the mess we call April. Yet, every year it delivers some seemingly new wrinkle just to let us know who’s really in charge. (Hint: It’s not us.) Much more of this and I’ll be on the rooftop waving a white flag.