Well, it's officially summer. And believe it or not, the high of the day is supposed to hit almost 80 degrees here. AND, at this exact moment, the sun is actually shining. This of course, could change in a matter of minutes. To truly appreciate English weather, you must value its unpredictability.
Now that we have passed the summer solstice, the days are starting to get shorter again. A few days ago, the sun was up some time around 4:30am, and there was still some light in the sky at 11pm. It's been nice having the long days. The hardest part is putting the kids to bed when it is still light outside, and Collin waking early to a bright sun peeking through his curtains.
I love it when the days get warm enough for me to open some windows around the house. Today is one of those days. I love how the distinct smell of the rose bushes out front carries in through the house. Every time I smell those roses, I think of how grateful I am for my circumstances.
However, one thing I don't particularly like about opening the windows is that there are no screens on them. English homes do not have screens in the windows. Period. So, as I am typing, I have about 3 flies buzzing around the room. But truthfully, it isn't too bad. At least there are no mosquitoes around here, or big moths. And I certainly have never seen those big june bugs like the ones that stick to the screens at my parents' house on Long Island. If England had those kinds of bugs, I'm certain that their policy on screens would quickly change.
It probably goes without saying, but you won't find any homes with air conditioning or outdoor swimming pools around here either. It seldom gets hot enough for the air conditioning, and you probably wouldn't use a swimming pool enough to justify paying for it. Also, it isn't as humid here as the East Coast of the US is. I was surprised by that considering that England is surrounded by water. But no, it may get warm, but we've yet to feel a HOT & HUMID day like we knew every Maryland summer day to be.
Truthfully, I do miss some of the sunshine and heat. Do I miss the humidity?... no. The big bugs?... no. I'll gladly take the flies through my open windows.
I Am.
8 months ago
2 comments:
Sounds like my kind of weather! Our french doors out to our deck doesn't yet have a screen either, so we just open it up because we get a great draft. We get some flies too, but so far, not too bad.
What would make me nervous is kids around the window...it does make me nervous and that's with screens. But flies, I can handle. It's the spiders around here that we have to look out for. Do you know that two years ago we had two black widow spiders in our garage in the same summer?!? Yeah...for real...
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