It had just finished pouring with rain at my place when I took this shot. In a typical case of bad timing, I’d picked this evening to use my new barbecue to cook for Sunday family dinner. Fortunately I have a sheltered front porch area, but it wasn’t the al fresco dining affair that I’d envisaged.
The full “Moods of the Mountain” collection can be viewed here.
*I take “clag” to mean thick, sticky, all-surrounding cloud. Dad used it a bit when I was growing up, but although Wiktionary acknowledges “cloud” as one of “clag’s” possible meanings, it appears to be a rare usage.
“Clag” is a term used by bushwalkers to describe the tedious, depressing, heavy, pale-ish grey, clouds which lower (v.i. = lour) and sometimes deposit an equally tedious (etc.) drizzle on them as they walk. It got its name from the pale-ish grey paste used by school kids and teachers for years and years and years. I believe it is still available in the familiar conical bottle with a red top incorporating a brush for applying the goo.