Sun warming my bones
I can’t tell you what a delight it is to finally have a real garden especially now that summer is on the way. I spent a while today just sitting in the sunshine outside and letting the warmth seep into my bones. One of the things I love about living in a drizzly, temperate country is the sheer joy you experience the first time you feel real warmth and sunlight after the winter. Warmth and sunshine all year round would be nice, but it wouldn’t be anything special. It’s part of my philosophy of life that—-no matter how unpleasant it is—-you have to experience the ‘downs’ to really appreciate the ‘ups’.
Anyway, sitting outside today—-looking at my newly planted flowers, watching the butterflies chasing one another around, the blue tits visiting my bird feeder and enjoying the smell of growth—-was definitely one of the ‘ups’.
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Absolutely. We have warmth and sunshine for more than half the year. The other downside (other than it being boringly samey) is that in summer proper it is just too damn hot.
What I wouldn't give for a bit of drizzle right now!----- I'm just down the road from you (in Sunny Wolverhampton) and enjoyed a similarly sunny weekend. I've been meaning to send you a link to pics I posted to Flickr recently of robins nesting among the Cordyline display at a local garden centre. Today seems like the perfect time!
Have a look at - just makes you want to say aahhhh... ;o)
by Kev @ 15/05/2005 8:06 pm • Permalink •
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I live in a somewhat less temperate climate than you do (Philadelphia, US) . We are prone to rather more extreme weather in both directions. The summer here can get awfully unpleasant (if you've seen the movie 1776 , the line "It's hot as hell in Philadelphia" in the song "Sit Down, John" is spot on), but the spring can be a delight.
I've been doing a lot of yardwork myself, recently -- no planting yet, but a lot of weeding and preparing the bed for the vegetable garden. It will be year number two for the garden; I'm anxious to see the effects of last year's planting plus two seasons of composting the elm leaves we put in last Fall.
There's something tremendously therapeutic about playing in the dirt, especially when you spend your life, as I do, trying to think Big Thoughts while sitting in a Comfy Chair. I liked playing in the dirt when I was kid, and I still like it now. Good for the immune system, too!
by Ed @ 15/05/2005 9:05 pm • Permalink •
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The weather was nice at the weekend?
As Billy Connolly says "there's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes"
by Mr.D. @ 16/05/2005 6:05 am • Permalink •
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Martin: Hehe -- where are you?
Kev: Awww! They are so cute. Robins seem to have a talent for nesting in unlikely and unsuitable places.
Ed: Yes, it's great isn't it?
Mr. D.: It was here (on Sunday, at least). Though I shouldn't have opened my big mouth, as I seem to have enraged the weather gods. It's grey, damp and cold now. But Billy is right about the weather...
by bsag @ 16/05/2005 4:05 pm • Permalink •
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The expression in the title suddenly disturbs me--makes me think of a roasting chicken near to doneness. Please use moderation.
by murky @ 28/05/2005 11:05 am • Permalink •
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