Glorious autumn weather here in the Overberg as road and bridge repairs carry on at a snail's pace. I was invited to a 70th-birthday party with flamenco dancing and had picked out a red shawl and heels before realising that a four-hour detour along muddy roads and having to open farm gates by torchlight might not be worth a couple of hours sexy twirl and foot stamping. The Franschhoek mountain pass is closed 'for the foreseeable future' which sounds very ominous.
Meteorological winter. It is supposed to be meteorological summer here in Canada. I walk up to 5 degrees. There were frost warnings in low lying areas of the province of New Brunswick.
Whenever 1 hear about Canadian winter temperatures I am relieved that my forebears (on my mother's side) caught a ship to New Zealand rather than Canada.
On my father's side some ended up in Australia and I always wondered if an Australian Bishop, whose surname was spelt the same way as my family, was a distant relation.
I often think of our Canadian acquaintances and their need to have their car engine heated in winter before leaving home (I hope I remembered that correctly). The cost of having the heating installed was not small and he did some of the digging work himself. I didn't envy him that job.
It's turned coolish this week. Coincidentally just after FD posted about their lovely holiday temps. However, it is June so should be expected!! Very wet also, I have to confess to loving this as I don't have to feel guilty about vegging out and snuggling up under throws with a cat on my lap. Some new books have arrived in the post too, so I need to make a start on those!
We met our new neighbours at the weekend. I had intended to greet them with some baking, but the arrival of an unfamiliar cat in our yard made me worry that it might belong to them. So of course by the time I chatted to them, the cat had disappeared. They do have a cat, but we couldn't determine whether it might have been theirs, or not. Next time I will take a photo!
It was nice to meet them though and they seem very happily settled, even though not all their boxes have been unpacked. I am sure we are all familiar with that scenario, particularly those of us on the tidy house thread!
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@Foaming Draught that sounds like holiday in paradise, I hope you and @Clarence have a good rest.
First day of winter here. Sorry, Victorians & Canberrans 😊
On my father's side some ended up in Australia and I always wondered if an Australian Bishop, whose surname was spelt the same way as my family, was a distant relation.
It's turned coolish this week. Coincidentally just after FD posted about their lovely holiday temps. However, it is June so should be expected!! Very wet also, I have to confess to loving this as I don't have to feel guilty about vegging out and snuggling up under throws with a cat on my lap. Some new books have arrived in the post too, so I need to make a start on those!
We met our new neighbours at the weekend. I had intended to greet them with some baking, but the arrival of an unfamiliar cat in our yard made me worry that it might belong to them. So of course by the time I chatted to them, the cat had disappeared. They do have a cat, but we couldn't determine whether it might have been theirs, or not. Next time I will take a photo!
It was nice to meet them though and they seem very happily settled, even though not all their boxes have been unpacked. I am sure we are all familiar with that scenario, particularly those of us on the tidy house thread!