Windy weather and Wallander

The weather since yesterday is wild, wet and windy, because Scotland is being lashed by the tail end of Hurricane Katia. Of course it is no longer a hurricane after its journey across the Atlantic from America, but it has resulted in very high winds and rain. Jack was very suspicious of the wind and was staring out through the cat flap uneasily in the morning. Busy but good day at school; one class were doing their solo talks and the topic was "Things I want to do before I die". I was very impressed and also very moved by the excellent talks and the amazing dreams they have; it actually brought a tear to my eye, they were all so nervous and yet they did so well. Our Internet has been down for the last two days which means that the television doesn't work either; while waiting for the repair we have taken the opportunity to watch a couple of DVDs including the last episode of Wallander; James gave me the set last Christmas. It is so good and Kenneth Branagh is excellent as gloomy old Wallander, it was nice that the last episode had a (small) note of hope for the future! James has just been round to install an aerial for his Mum's new upstairs television so we are going to have a wee cup of tea, safe from the wild weather.