THRONE WEATHER — your daily forecast from the Kingdom Weather Desk.
Today: crisp and bright, with the year's first frost silvering the rooftops and the field grass. Wrap up warm, take the sunny side of the street, and mind the puddles, which are practising being ice.
Tonight: clear and cold, and this is the good part. The fire-rings — great rings of golden fire, drifting slow through the dark like lazy lanterns with nowhere particular to be — came down low over the fields last night and glowed warmer than usual, as if they knew about the frost and were doing their bit.
The outlook: more frost by the end of the week, with the rings expected to linger after dark. The Desk suggests an evening walk to count them, and notes that the young ones love counting them best of all — a fine excuse to take the grandchildren out, or to read a story together when you get back inside, warm.
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