I always feel a little bad complaining when it's warm because a) we don't get a lot of it sometimes and b) other places do get hotter, but yeesh... we've had getting on for a week or so now of high twenties or even thirty plus degrees C weather. For the UK that is hot; in fact, according to a news report I've just read, we're having what is ( Read more... )

Much to my surprise, it's a glorious day. I suppose I shouldn't say that, we haven't gotten to the evening yet, so we could still get the downpours we were promised, but so far it's been a nice bank holiday. In typical bank holiday fashion, Dad's out in the garden. He's putting new felt on the shed roof. I suspect he actually hoped it was going to ( Read more... )

Just to prove that the weather here is currently completely nuts, remember I was complaining about torrential rain only a couple of days ago? Well, now we have sun. Lots of sun. Too much sun.* My thermometer is currently 33.5 degrees C, which for this country is high. And to that the lack of breeze, and I'm currently sitting here gasping for breath ( Read more... )