Summertime

Abstract, Nature, Plants, Sea, Summer 1 Minute

A rain-speckled view through bracken towards the sea on the recent drive out.

Has been a wild and woolly week here in Wales with Ireland’s Storm Ellen making its presence felt with 60 plus mile an hour winds and heavy squally rain. I like it – mainly. I mean I worry about potential damage and power cuts and my poor plants and young trees getting whipped around, but I still like it.

I’m not a Summer sun and heat person. Probably not a popular opinion but I really dislike Summers these days: the discomfort of close humid stagnant air; the soreness of too much sun on skin; the harsh glare; too much flesh on show; sandals; barbecues; screaming screeching and whooping; light nights making it difficult to sleep; hot sweaty nights and not being able to pull the covers up around myself. It’s all far too brash, showy, and extrovert for me. Yes, I know I’m grumpy 🙂

Was wondering the other day why virus cases hadn’t really been increasing that much in the UK whereas some other countries in Europe seem to be having sharp rises. I read today – with data to back it up – that it appears people in the UK haven’t been going out as much and have been working at home more than other countries. It seems that folk are more wary about getting back to normal – one reason being that they thought lockdown was eased too quickly. It surprised me especially after seeing all the pictures of crowded beaches and pubs and the queues to get into the shops. Interesting.

Had a quick look at the ‘new’ WP block editor they want us to use. I’d rather not have to learn something new – being very comfortable with the Classic editor which works perfectly for me. It does appear that I can keep using the Classic but not sure for how long.

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Meandering ~ mostly in Nature ~ with my camera in hand

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13 thoughts on “Summertime”

  3. I appreciate the love of cool, wet weather–in the Pacific NW I love our weather. A bright, dry summer lasts about 5 months, then a quick fall with charge ahead into rainy season aka winter and then a brief rain-with-sun-peeks kind of spring. I suspect it may be a bit similar there. And I may not fully agree with your summer reaction but I do get tired of the heat and the bodies flouncing about and this summer, too many teenagers in bikinis without masks, etc. on beaches, even by rivers. But we love hiking and walking trails–and being less wet and blown about–in mountains and forests here. Oops–had a lot to say but–good post!

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    1. Interesting to hear about your typical seasons there, Cynthia. British Summers used to be traditionally accepted as awful: cool, rainy with the odd few days of heat where people would rush to the coast and return home when it started raining again! The mass holidaying to hot and sunny places like Spain in the 70s was partly due to the poor British summer. In more recent years, however, temps in the Summer have been breaking records consistently. The heat is also starting earlier (heatwave Feb 2019) and lasting longer into Autumn. London and the South East are particularly badly affected. A meteorologist on Twitter held an informal poll a few days ago asking whether people who live there would consider moving northwards to get away from the heat, and the result was over 50% saying they would. We’ve discussed it at home with me jokingly saying I might need to move to Scotland to get away from Summer heat!

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      1. That is fascinating information-I appreciate that, as I surely didn’t realize! Yes, we are also getting hotter weather, as well, sadly as it brings more wildfires as an impact of such heat with severe dryness of forested and open land…Dry lightning strikes plus very few thunderstorms in mountain ranges bring about much of this, yet far too many are human-caused. Still, it is overall pleasant to have about half and half with some variations. I start to miss the rain by September, though. And it has begun to hover at about 80 degrees F at this time.

        I enjoy your blog.
        I hope you come to a good decision about your “ultimate” habitation whereabouts–I suspect you may stay put where you are…!

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  4. So moody and misty, and maybe a mite melancholy. We had an absolutely gorgeous day here today, but heavy squalls with possible hail are in the prediction for tomorrow. I don’t mind at all–we really need the rain to bring our reservoirs back up to comfortable levels.

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  5. No, you’re not grumpy, you’re just honest enough to express your likes/dislikes regardless of whether they conform to those of others aka The Herd – its called being an individual. I’m not a fan of summers either, especially the stagnant, humid air, and I’m very much looking forward to the darker mornings, soft mists and first, soft chills of autumn – and some photography!

    I agree about the lockdown easing too quickly: we’re still taking the precautions. Its becoming glaringly obvious that we have an incompetent government.

    As to WP, I have very little faith, and we’ll just have to try and do the best with what we’re lift with! 🙂 🙂 🙂

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