Now the election is over, let us talk about something else - like the weather!

It hasn’t stopped raining at all
My dd is at home and wanted to walk to the park where the disabled swing was but I think we might have drowned

Would you believe it, DH and I both have colds (no it's not Covid) in July!
It has been wet and windy most of the day here on the south coast. My two buddleia are all over the place and the cat is refusing to go out.

It was similar weather 51 years ago in July. The year we were married.

It was thundery over us as well as heavy rain last night M0nica
My Petunia hanging baskets (which I forgot to bring into the conservatory) were looking bedraggled this morning. Nothing else came to harm though. All the plants I treasure have finished flowering, and my bedding this year is mainly BLizzies, as I was preoccupied with other things and just bought a few plug plants.

To be fair, I've managed to avoided most of the huff and puff over the election, but with Nigel Farage now in the house, I don't see the excitement level settling back down to normal for the duration.

This "summer" has been awful. I'm thoroughly fed up. I love to feel the warmth of the sun, to see blue skies and wear fewer clothes. An hour ago I put the heating on and outside it might as well be November and the forecast doesn't show any improvement for the next week. The cat hates going out in the rain and he's bored. I think we might just as well snuggle up together in bed in a minute. There, that's my moan for the day over with.

The temperature her at 8 am was 12C, feels like 10C and didn't rise much during the day.
It rained heavily yesterday evening, thunder and lightning and rain overnight, strong gusts of wind, it rained most of today but the sun cam out at about 4pm.
The heating cut in (by the thermostat) for an hour this morning.

I'm wearing warm trousers which should be packed away by now.

It's summer and it is thoroughly miserable.

Excuse typos, it's my new stylus!!

I'm just exhausted with this dire, endless awful weather.

Every day the same. Rain. Grey skies. I don't remember a summer like this. I've yet to see a butterfly or ladybird. Looking at my foxes and hedgehogs on night camera they're all being buffeted around. I wouldn't be surprised if my hedgies decided to give up and hibernate.

I've had enough of it and there's nothing I can do about it.

Rant over ... for now

And I don’t know if it’s just because it’s been such a dark day but I thought it was darker than usual when I took Rosie for her usual bedtime tiddle and toddle at 10 o clock.
Winter draw(er)s on?

It rained hard all last night, and the morning continued with heavy showers. The sun managed to come out by mid afternoon and it was a pleasant evening, but it hasn’t been warm despite the sun. Mr M insists on wearing his shorts though because he never feels cold, even in winter.

We are in the uk - on holiday! Next years holiday definitely won’t be in the UK.
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It’s freezing here down south in Australia. Bright sun ,which is nice, though we don’t get enough rain. My daughter is up in the Far North, 28C, perfect Winter’s day up there. Wish I was up there.

Lovely weather yesterday where I live. In fact, we ended up drinking mojitos on the beach promenade and taking a rather nice stroll.

I just accept it’s a bit of a damp summer, but would prefer it a tad warmer, although not the high 30’s we’ve had in previous years.

We're on holiday, I've got a cold, not covid.
And it's raining and will continue for the rest of the week.

Another day, another election. Cold, showery windy and currently 12°here in Normandy. Turnout expected to be about 65%, but a lot of France went on holiday yesterday, so who knows.

It was 11° earlier, and now it’s warmed up to 13°. According to the weather map we might reach the dizzying heights of 15° by 4 o’clock this afternoon.
Last week wasn’t too bad in terms of being fine, but that was interspersed with heavy, even torrential showers.
It’s definitely not summer!

I went to a garden party wedding yesterday, and they were so lucky to snatch a couple of hours of sunshine. It wasn't warm at all, around 15 degrees, and the wind kept blowing away the musicians' music scores. Luckily the gazebos held tight.
The wedding continues today but the forecast is for rain and thunder! The guests who travelled from warmer climes will be shivering.

Namsnanny

It was thundery over us as well as heavy rain last night M0nica
My Petunia hanging baskets (which I forgot to bring into the conservatory) were looking bedraggled this morning. Nothing else came to harm though. All the plants I treasure have finished flowering, and my bedding this year is mainly BLizzies, as I was preoccupied with other things and just bought a few plug plants.

To be fair, I've managed to avoided most of the huff and puff over the election, but with Nigel Farage now in the house, I don't see the excitement level settling back down to normal for the duration.

Is Nige boarding with you? 😁

Jaxjacky

I just accept it’s a bit of a damp summer, but would prefer it a tad warmer, although not the high 30’s we’ve had in previous years.

Summer is sometimes like this, you’d think we’d know this by now, July can often be rainy.I hate high temps in any case but will enjoy warm days when they arrive.On the plus side my hayfever is better when it’s rained.

The temp is rarely getting above 14 degrees here.
I looked up average temps for this time of year here, and it is 19 degrees.

As overheard in the supermarket recently, "we wont be getting much of a suntan this year".

We‘re expecting 18 degrees in Essex today and a bit of rain. It’s good not to have to water the garden. I will be off to work shortly, my job is outdoors in a car park. I am very grateful that it is not hot yet. The heat is sure to come, which is when my job becomes horrible. Sorry for everyone who feels miserable.

Just been out for a hour or two walk. I had 3 layers on in July!

Forecast is for thundery rain all afternoon

I went out to do a photo shoot in the garden this morning and had to put my coat on! I can recall doing them at this time of year and having to finish by 11 am because it was so hot!

I feel like burning a fridge a two.