Twice Baked Britain….

Sunday …

For over a week now, we here in good old Blighty land have been warned of the impending onslaught of soaring temperatures coming this way,. And how well do we deal with this,,,, Panic!!!!!, And then we go about emptying the shops of all bottled water😲,.still i suppose that will last a few years, until the next heat wave maybe,. just like the great loo roll gate of 2020 all over again?,. And Like always we talk about it, we just love a good natter on the subject , every conversation begins with it, (after all its what we are famous for so I’m told😁) Some of us like myself like a good moan, weather’s way too hot, too much rain, not enough rain ect… Nothing like a good moan is there? 😁, but mostly we are staunch in our coping methods, despite the temp not reaching anything like this in years, decades more over,. that famed stiff upper lip comes into use and we get on and do it anyway, comes in useful every time. And we do it so very well.

My American friend Joan, having read of our on coming oppressive heat blast, was most curious, how we were going to manage without those great fangled things the “Air con”, tongue in cheek I said we do have it, we call it windows though,. Yes we open up all the windows, pull the curtains shut tight and hide till it’s over….well that’s those of us that don’t want to sunbake, (no that’s not a typo😁) …I know plenty who enjoy slapping on the oil and sitting in the sun till they’re done to a nice crisp, or lobster red…either is not for me,

Monday morning early 😁

I did venture out this morning, at the nice respectable time of 4:30am😁, I wanted to make sure I could feed and water my birds plus the plants, before the sun was at its peak and then enjoy the dawn to myself, there was not a soul about, it’s glorious,. it was at least still cool enough to stand outside for more than a millisecond before melting 😁, I came back in regretfully, lay back down for a while after, relaxing with a cool early morning breeze blowing through the window, I knew later I would be glad of this brief opportunity and making the most of i set to any chores I had while I waited for it to be coffee time…

There is at the back of this flat, a patch of garden where after many weeks of hard work clearing it, (don’t know if you remember that or not), but i can now hang out my laundry, as I’m more than wont to do most days, it’s a kind of badly Paved area,( I put this loosely) the slabs are all coming up, as surrounding gardens have these huge laylandi trees for privacy, the roots seem bound and determined to undermine all the pavement, But least it’s somewhere to string a washing line. Ten o’clock this morning I was out pegging out the laundry, it was already very warm, the concreted slabs absorbing heat under foot,

The what I shall laughingly call a breeze, was blowing hot, hotter than the Sahara, just going out there, the song been through the desert on a horse with no name, played over in my head, the grounds crisp tinder box dry…I looked up into the perfect cobalt sky, not a cloud in sight,And come to that where were the birds?, Not only could I not see them, they were infact unervingly quiet…..everywhere was quiet, no bees buzzing, dogs barking, white feather (my black bird wasn’t watching me hang out the clothes like usual) or swearing at the neighbours black cat…it was deftly silent, (the clothes peg I dropped almost broke the sound barrier as it reverberated hitting the ground…..

I looked up from what I was doing, to see the huge Sycamore tree that’s growing nearby had numerous big pigeons, sleeping in its most welcome dappled shade, protected from the harsh rays of hot sun, and I didn’t blame them either, even the pesky ants were no one to be seen, the forecast is for two more days of this, I’m certain sure that after we are due a massive storm as my head is aching terribly, always does a few days before….before I finish folks please put out water for the birds and insects, it doesn’t have to be a bird bath, just use your imagination to come up with something.I know the critters will be most grateful….And take care of yourselves, won’t say try to stay cool because that’s near on impossible …take care ❤🌹❤

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