Summertime

Post about summer here!  Things you love, places you go, stuff that just gets you in a summery mood.  I'll start us off with some music.

I dont know if you have heard of Cafe del Mar, but they do a series of great chill out beach music.

Of those only the Mungo Jerry take on summer really captures it for me. And the 59th Street Bridge song and about half the Beatles....

Summer is tight turns in a hang glider just for the sensation of it, and jumps in a cool river, and dew spangled berries.  It's long days and mint juleps and fluffy clouds.

Don't get enough of that now that I run two summer camps.   But I usually have a chance to take kids to the beach, and body surf over and over down the length of the beach as the crosscurrent carries you from riptide flag to riptide flag.

Well this is all far to cheery- this is summer-

I'll not complain about bugs while camping ever again....

You dont know annoying agony until youve got a few million midges coating you and all biting at once.

This is one of the main reasons I actualy prefer camping here in dec/Jan- cold you can fend off with with wise clothing and a well tended fire- theres nothing will stop the midges however.

Love this song ! summer to me is nights so warm you have the window open all night, early sunrise that smells of perfume, walking barefoot in the cool grass, & tons & tons of foreign students in gangs, backpacks to trip over, pushing in front of the bus queue & seagulls screaming & shitting on you !

I've heard that before Azriel, but not for a long time.  I couldn't have told you who did it. Fun song!

Well Eldo, when you as old as the hills as I am, you get to find out & hear all sorts of things !

Middle of winter here bloody freezing. Twas 21[color:a016=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.792969)]℃ today, had to wear a jumper.


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adorable. and the kitties aint bad either.

Something about us Yorkshire men

adorable. and the kitties aint bad either.- Mrs Figg

chris63 wrote:Middle of winter here bloody freezing. Twas 21[color:287c=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.792969)]℃ today, had to wear a jumper.

 


you are joking right..?  21℃  is summer, you moron.. we had around 10 today.
didn't stop me visiting the botanic garden (arctic botanic garden that is  with plant's from Sibir and Himalaya  ) and walking like 11 km.. or something... back home..

how come Scotland has midges and England doesnt?

chris63 wrote:Something about us Yorkshire men

Darn Toot'n

Love the kitten picture.  

Is winter better or worse than the crazy heat wave you guys had six months ago, though?

how come Scotland has midges and England doesnt?- Mrs Figg

Like everyone else, other than the English, they dont like it there.

thats good news for us then cos we only like English people. Ozzies and Mericans we look on as cousins, but the Scottish we see as Rab C Nesbitt.

Whats wrong with Rab? A great crabbit philospher of our times. A national hero of buckie thinking.

he's got a string vest with fur poking through.

we don't have midgets.. we have mosquitoes  ... nasty little bloodsuckers..

Fuck mosquitoes.

In related stories, we had a wasp get into the building last week.  Fortunately I managed not to freak out in front of everyone but it sucked.  Eventually someone swatted it down and then I jumped and stomped on it to make sure it was dead.

Have I mentioned that I'm afraid of bugs?

you're such a whuss... my grandma always carries them out.

Yeah it's a fairly crippling phobia. A few years ago I would refuse to enter rooms if I saw bugs in there (even ones without stingers) which would impede my ability to do normal everyday things. Thankfully it's not that bad anymore.