Weather in these isles is notoriously unpredictable at the best of times but, all things considered, summer this year has been good. Just as well with all this lockdown business. June was warm and dry, July was wetter and August has been a scorcher so far. Whenever the mercury rises, out comes the BBQ, bangers and burgers. On the hottest day of the year, we popped to the shops for grill grub and, after getting home, threw open the stable door to our little porch. The heat rushed in and the fire alarm went off. We had to unscrew it from the ceiling to get it to stop.
Later that day, as I was flipping the burgers, I stepped on a wasp with my bare foot. Unsurprisingly, this didn’t go down too well with the wasp and the angry little bugger stung me. It was my first time. Until that painful moment, this city boy had never been stung – bitten many times, yes, but stung, no. I didn’t know how I’d react, physically. Thankfully, I didn’t go into anaphylactic shock and have to be rushed to hospital. I did, though, hop around the lawn screaming ‘ouch, ouch, ouch.’
‘Don’t be such a drama queen,’
Liam said before pouring me a large glass of medicinal white.
Perking the Pansies 
Hats off to Harry and his first aid.
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He knows me too well 🙂
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Well, thank goodness for the medicinal wine! I doubt you’d have made it without that.
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It certainly helped 😁 The heatwave has just broken with thunderstorms. Hopefully it’ll take the humidity down a notch! ⛈️
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This is our rainy season. If usually starts the first week of July. So far I’ve only had about an inch and a half of rain and should’ve had about 4 inches. This is pretty terrifying in the desert where we are already in drought.
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Let’s hope you get the deluge you need. Worrying times 🌧️ 😞
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Pouring the wine on the foot might help too! Love the Dutch door as my mother used to call it. What do they call it in your part?
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It’s a stable door round these parts 🐴
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Love it
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Those wasps stings hurt, so I feel yah. (And your backyard looks sooo inviting!)
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Small but just enough. But now we have moles 😦
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