Four seasons in one day..
....More like four seasons in one hour! One of the best things (imho) about this funny little island, is our obsession with the weather. Well it's hardly surprising as we have so much of it. During todays three dog walks I have been rained on, nearly blown into a hedge while turd scooping and raised my face to a glorious sun and felt a little spring warmth.
I wonder if people in more tropical climates share our obsession, or would the conversation be "Hello neighbour, Sunny again followed by a brief tropical downpour and then sunny again. For the 125th day in a row!"
We also seem to spend a lot of time moaning about the weather forecast and its vagueries, But to be fair to the lovely Carol Kirkwood and co, it is a chaotic sytem. I like a nice weather moan as much as the next person; soggy washing, frosted seedlings and dogs liberally coated with mud are all weather gripes, but never knowing how many layers of clothes to wear keeps life challenging.
What does annoy me is the retail industry and its strange take on the traditional seasons. For example, last night we had a frost, so every garage within 10 miles has filled their frontage with disposable bbq's. All the clothing stores are flaunting bikini clad dummies in their windows, I'm still in boots and jumper mode. I would also never wear a bikini, I would look like a string tied piece of pork! The garden centres are tempting us with tiny, delicate plants. Straight to the compost bin when the frost gets them. Is there some strange retail logic that says you will sell more stuff if you offer it to people 3 months before they need it? Who knows? Certainly not a simple consumer like me. Anyhoo I must toddle off and make a salad to go with the barbie!
I'll see thee
I wonder if people in more tropical climates share our obsession, or would the conversation be "Hello neighbour, Sunny again followed by a brief tropical downpour and then sunny again. For the 125th day in a row!"
We also seem to spend a lot of time moaning about the weather forecast and its vagueries, But to be fair to the lovely Carol Kirkwood and co, it is a chaotic sytem. I like a nice weather moan as much as the next person; soggy washing, frosted seedlings and dogs liberally coated with mud are all weather gripes, but never knowing how many layers of clothes to wear keeps life challenging.
What does annoy me is the retail industry and its strange take on the traditional seasons. For example, last night we had a frost, so every garage within 10 miles has filled their frontage with disposable bbq's. All the clothing stores are flaunting bikini clad dummies in their windows, I'm still in boots and jumper mode. I would also never wear a bikini, I would look like a string tied piece of pork! The garden centres are tempting us with tiny, delicate plants. Straight to the compost bin when the frost gets them. Is there some strange retail logic that says you will sell more stuff if you offer it to people 3 months before they need it? Who knows? Certainly not a simple consumer like me. Anyhoo I must toddle off and make a salad to go with the barbie!
I'll see thee
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