Too hot

Below is the latest readings from the met office web site. it is a bit on the hot side, even the wind feels like a hair dryer is blowing on me. I have had to resort to ice cream lollies.

at 2 pm Sun 1 February
Hastings AWS
Temperature:
37 °C
Wind Speed:
n/a km/h
Wind Direction:
...
Rainfall (last hr):
0.0 mm
Humidity:
11 %
Pressure:
hPa

Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain - Christmas Part 1

Christmas eve dawned wet and windy and dull. A big change, as we seem to have lovely sunshine for weeks and weeks. So the rain was very, very welcome. Also it made it seem a bit more christmasey.

This fennel grows outside my bedroom window, in an effort to stop the mosquitos.

Rain, rain, rain

We have been suffering here from a drought and we really needed some rain. The garden was parched, the grass is brown and the shrubs are wilting. But even knowing all of this when the rain does appear I wish it would go away and the sun start shining again.