Saturday, March 19, 2005

A tease of summer?



And then, just to show what a crazy and unpredictable climate we have here, less than a week after we were freezing in north-eastern Arctic winds, two days beyond St Patrick's Day and with the earliest Easter on record just around the corner, it is such a glorious afternoon that I am able to get out and work in the garden.

Note - NOT 'work THE garden'.

Don't laugh: this could be all the summer we'll get. It has happened before ...
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, Brian, if you can't be in Rome, I guess that's OK ...

If I tried that today, I'd have a bit more sun, and frostbite on my knees.

Alan

5:14 pm
Chet said...

Nice picture, Brian.

We're having a heatwave here in Malaysia. *pant*

Hope you get more sunny days again soon.

2:26 am

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