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Monday 10 February 2020

The Ghost of Storm Ciara.

My armchair was so comfortable.  I fetched an extra throw and curled up as I listened to the storm raging overhead and felt grateful that I didn't need to go out again.

But from somewhere in the house I could hear a slow, ghostly drumbeat.  Eerie.  It needed investigation.  It seemed to be coming from the kitchen so being a brave woman I went through and waited for whatever apparition would come.  The drumbeats ceased.

I returned to my sitting room and relaxed but a few minutes later there it was again.  Drum.  Drum.  Drum.  My nerves were now on edge.  But I steeled myself.  I'm stronger than whatever "it" was.  Back to the kitchen and my lonely watch.

I nearly jumped out of my skin when again the drumbeat came.  Something had a cheek in doing its ghostly thing while I was there.

But when the next beat came I had to giggle.  Water was coming in over a window and dripping on to the lid of a Tupperware box.

Which may or may not explain why the electrics again failed yesterday.  But it is my explanation for the G & T I then consumed.

7 comments:

  1. I hope that was your only leak. Is the electric working again?

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  2. Sorry about your little leak and power cut, hope all is well now. The devastation has been quite brutal in some parts of the country so it is a relief to say we faired very well.

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  3. I hate water being where it shouldn’t be! We have always lived in places that had water issues of one sort or another — it is like a prerequisite for us. Glad it was just water on Tupperware and not something more challenging.

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  4. I'm glad you solved the mystery drumming. When you live on your own, these unexplained noises can be worrying and un-nerving.

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  5. Ha ha but not funny when you're alone and the noise is unexpected. Our bedroom door slammed as the force of the wind opened the bedroom window a little.. brrrr the wind whistling in was freezing. What a night, I feel for those people with flooded homes again, what a nightmare for them.

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  6. I think I might just have cowered in the chair with the blankets over my head. I hope your electric is back up and functioning.

    God bless.

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  7. Hope all is well now with no leaks and power restored.

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