by suddenly, summer
After a miserable spring and the coldest, wettest June ever, climaxing in a terrific downpour a week ago, summer has suddenly arrived with the heatwave from eastern North America. Afternoons are suddenly reaching 30C (86F)! Must. Not. Complain.
July 9, 2012 in Canada and BC, Home by Marja-Leena
No white nor red was ever seen
So amorous as this lovely green…
Time to go read some Marvell garden and mower poems!
I never complain about the heat because I know that an upstate blizzard is never far behind.
It was 15 degrees lower today after weeks of above 100! We’re so grateful for the relief, but didn’t mean to send the high temps to you, dear Marja-Leena!
Marly, I imagine you are more used to the heat being a Southerner. I am a Northerner. And air conditioning is uncommon here. Summer’s short and the rains will return, so shut up, ML.
Rouchswalwe, I’ve been reading about those 100 degree temperatures and feeling sorry for all of you. Glad it’s cooling a bit at last. I don’t think we’ve ever had it that hot here, but I’ve experienced it elsewhere.
As another northerner who hates very hot weather I count myself lucky in finding a place where the summer temperatures haven’t yet gone beyond 80 (er, 27C). By the time the outside temperature is in the range of my normal body heat I’ve become one very uncomfortable woman who doesn’t move willingly from in front of a large fan.
Still, we know the rains will return and in the meanwhile your garden is looking very happy indeed. Do I see red currants?
Susan, I’m thankful it isn’t any hotter and that usually it does not last this hot too long – but who knows this year. The heavy rains were hard on many of the tall flowers and the roses, but these ones are mostly okay, and yes, those are red currants. The granddaughters are enjoying picking them.
Yes, you live surrounded by jungle!
Leo, my husband, came a bit more than week ago from Oregon, and said that May AND June were cold. He went around on bike and busses and narrow trailed trains (not sure what you call them over there, they don’t exist here), but ended up soaked only once.
He’s so thin, that he manages to go in-between the raindrops…
And here, first rains for weeks, and before these one week of warm, about 25C, now only 16 C., so this might be a cooler summer than most recently.
I have a lot of photo’s of huge trees, godawful huge gulls and mountains.
I am surprised that it got so hot in Vancouver. Here on Lummi the hottest it has been is about 76, and that only for a few hours. I guess that’s because its surrounded by water. I wish you and Fred would stop down here to see us if you get too hot!
Marjatta, yes, a rainforest jungle :-). Sounds like your husband had a grand time revisiting his home state in spite of the cold wet spring. Usually our hot and dry period is about mid-July to mid-August but, as we all know, the weather can be unpredictable. Hope your summer is a pleasant one. I remember hot summers in our visits to Finland.
Anne, thanks for the invitation, your island sounds marvelous! We are inland a bit more, even though still near water, and it can be a heat trap zone in the summer. The nights do usually cool down, thankfully. Our weather reports come from the airport which is on an island in the Fraser River delta, and much cooler than inland. I’m glad we don’t live in the Fraser Valley, which is even hotter (and colder in the winter).
(Hey, I think I’m signed in!) Look at those gorgeous currants! I’m sorry if you are still suffering from the heat – it’s miserable here – but clearly your plants are thriving. I hope it’s a wonderful summer for you out there on the other coast.
Beth, I’m glad you made it! Sorry to hear you are miserable from your heat wave. Anything over 24C or 75F, makes me sluggish and miserable because I cannot do any work. Today it is cool and sprinkling a little for the first time in 10 days – bliss! I must get outdoors and clean up the garden before the heat returns.