Winter draws on!

Just when I had to go out, the rain came down like stair rods. (BTW when did any of us last use stair rods?) I just made it a few yards to the car without getting my feet wet. I hate wet and/or cold feet! I haven't gone back into socks yet, still in light summer shoes or sandals. Ever since we were kids in our annual Clarks, sandals have meant summer holidays. The boots lined up on my shoe rack are a reminder of the inevitability of winter!

It's the seed and bulb catalogues that get me.

cavewoman I think the parrot will have to be rehoused in the dining room, she won't like it because it's a bit dark so I'll have to get a daylight bulb in one of the lamps for her and she won't be able to see out of the window either but it should only be for a couple of days, well less than a week. If it rains I could park her cage outside for a couple of hours because she does love a shower. It'll take two of us to get it out there though and it will no doubt stop the minute we manage to do it.

I'm glad the heat's lessened as I found it too hot to go out in the garden, got caught in a heavy shower on Friday, went to a NT Property on Saturday, it rained but I just put my waterproof on & light cotton cropped trousers which dry quickly (lovely cream tea to compensate). Today I have a sleeveless top on with cropped trousers, sun's shining, hope we get some more sunny weather.

I have had to put my heating on a couple of times briefly, early morning or on a cooler evening just to take the chill off.

After the rain the garden is looking better, the roses are flowering again & my tomatoes are doing well, I love being here in Devon

It's still warm, but very humid in the Tyne Valley today. I haven't seen the blue tits today, I think they are sheltering from the rain. Really heavy showers. It's really freshened everything up, the grass on the fields opposite my house are green again.

A skein of geese flew over my house this morning ! I think that's far too early ?

We've only had a few of hours of rain here in total since beginning of June, been loving weeks on end of hot weather. It's been a few degrees cooler though these last couple of days but, as others said, we're enjoying being under the duvet too. I enjoy all the seasons - but dark skies are a bit miserable.

Very warm and humid here in Southampton, but I know it must be almost winter, because Christmas cards and tins of toffees are in the shops!

I'm in NE Scotland, and after weeks of most of our thermostats sitting between 24 and 27 degrees, this morning they were at 22, our set temps in living area and hall. Any lower, and the heating will actually come on to maintain the 22deg! I was hoping we'd avoid that for another couple of weeks at least.

My duvet hasn't been off all Summer...it's chilly on this NE corner.

As a child I lived in the midlands but now I live in Aus & I am going cruising in the Coral Sea next month

I like all the seasons really. The fresh new growth of Spring replacing the brown fields with the promise of Summer to follow, hopefully. Then all the colour changes of the trees in the Autumn, crisp frosty mornings, bonfires and the falling conkers. The winter lets me indulge my love of soft cuddly jumpers, carols and log fires - we rarely put our heating on before December. But we see less of our friends and neighbours through the winter, they seem to hibernate. I don't mind the long dark nights, more opportunities to see the stars.

I am always ready for a change of season. Spring-Summer-Autumn-Winter bring it on. My husband on the other hand hates this time of year when the night draw in

Wonderful Turneresque skies in Dorset, still warm, been blackberrying this morning, new Young shoots appearing on brambles.

Colder here already, sat reading in socks, leggings, t shirt and cardy.

Went out in bare legs, dress and cardy yesterday, legs felt quite cold without cover.

Winter is coming....

Grey and chilly in the West Mids and I don’t like it in the least, it’s making me feel miserable, I want the sun back especially as we haven’t even had August Bank holiday yet.

A mixed day today - one minute warm and sunny and we were sitting eating ice cream on the front, the next the wind got up and it was rainy and much chillier.
Rather like April in fact.

I had my heating on Wednesday night and tonight have been watching telly wrapped up in my dressing gown with socks on.....

Summers over...

Oh I am looking forward to that Indian summer we've been promised. It often starts when the children go back to school though.

I love summer but must admit the months of excessive heat and humidity rather than warmth were unpleasant. I feel quite poorly when it's sticky and 'airless'. I didn't cope very well. I have enjoyed the cooler but sunny days and haven't given up on my sandals or T shirts yet!

What I do miss most is sitting out in the garden at 8.30pm with a gin and tonic! The nights are drawing in but I don't think summer has finished just yet. (Hope I am right!)

I really dread winter , try to think of something positive about it, nothing, dark evenings and fear listening to the weather forecast, I am in Mid Wales but just hearing it’s snowing in Scotland brings on panic.

We have another lot of roses coming out!

Something has to cheer me up before the thought of 'winter draws on'

Horrible here in the West Mids.
Grey and cold and very Autumnal, leaves coming down and blowing about
I just keep hoping that summer isn’t quite over yet, otherwise it will be a great August bank holiday!
Like you Day6 I’m looking forward to the Indian summer as it seems to come around my birthday and I’ve got one with a 0 on this year

Up earlier than usual this morning. I had to put the kitchen light on, and my house faces east! It was dull and grey. I thought it was chilly, but when I opened the door, I realised it was just inside that was cool, outside was quite warm. Earlier this week I spotted a hummingbird hawk moth sipping at the flowers below the kitchen window. I've never seen one this far north so I reported my sighting to the RSPB who like to know about these things.
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Looking at the temperatures to come, it’s more 23 and 24 so not another heatwave ( unless it comes in Sept.)
No sign of rain here though for the next ten days.

23 and 24 will be lovely!!
Just right for me