It’s something, isn’t it, when you look at the forecast being ‘only’ 30° on Thursday and thinking phew – at least it’ll be a bit cooler…
Britain isn’t geared up in any shape or form to deal with any extreme kind of weather (see trains stopping because a leaf on the line or maybe, oh an inch of snow!). Hardly any homes have air con, so we are tempted into the freezer aisles of supermarkets, or shops where they do have it and spend a sneaky half hour ‘browsing’. Carpet suddenly becomes gross and  pointless – why on earth do we have it on bus and tube seats for example?? (thankfully the days of people carpeting their bathrooms seems to have passed..)
The British tradition of ice-cream vans however, suddenly come into their own…:)

There is still a ‘drought’ here in the South East and to really hammer it home, rain(?) and wind for the past 4 or 5 days! it’s bizarre… The outlook is rain for the rest of the week too, which is good for the water tables but sucky for picnic tables.. got little F’s birthday picnic on Wednesday and mine (maybe!) on Sunday… I can say for sure the seasons have changed since I was little.. My birthdays were *always* in the park, with hot sunshine.. (only once did we have to call it off)… now it’s nearly always wet… brrr….

In an attempt to feel summery, I’ve finally picked a summer knitting project!

Ok, better get my skates on – have got some toys to make for this show, and am making a mobile as a project for Amy’s new craft book

Even though I was dreaming of hail and people wishing for snow*, I woke up this morning (far too early) and saw a beautiful spring dawn… Oh and yesterday we made pancakes – benefit no. 12,758 for working from home!

*and a curious loopy-feathered yellow and pink bird with a long curvy beak… it lived in a hole with it’s chicks, who were the little yellow bits of fluff you get on easter cakes… in the dream they bounced in and out of the hole and then the whole nest kind of travelled underground as if were underwater and all you could see were ripples…hmm…