It’s 9 pm and there is a breeze from the South West , which is a welcome friend through the cottage windows. I’ve doused the Welsh with cold shower water a couple of times which has helped and am drinking a iced gin and tonic, which was a gift from Mrs Trellis who qualified the reason that she’d bought it for herself as it was the drink of choice in the tropics by British Tea Plantation owners to combat malaria . She passed it on too that she didn’t like the taste.
I did remind her that malaria was rare in Flintshire
Bun/ Weaver has gone again , leaving Bun/ weaver asleep in the back bedroom
I’ve spent the day in the kitchen ( the coolest room in the cottage) reading and doom scrolling
The village garage shop still had ice for sale and I’ve put it in a basin in front of the open window
I understand now just why people sleep on fire escapes in New York summers like they did in Rear Window
You are late tonight , I am on my third 🍸
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Lee
I checked if you were here xx glad you are as usual
DeleteI was tempted to put the sprinkler on and sit in the garden this afternoon, it was so hot and oppressive. I'm now sat in the living room with the fan blowing straight in my face. Coolest I've been all day! xx
ReplyDeleteWith a small gin?
DeleteNo, but we have just had the last of the Midori and lemonade! xx
DeleteHow tropical 🌴
DeleteI'm glad you have ways to keep cool.
ReplyDeleteYou have to
DeleteI think the sleep on fire escapes is an urban myth or 100 years ago, if ever. Like, here you are in your air conditioned 5 million dollar apartment or townhouse...you're gonna sleep on a rusty metal thing and get tetanus? And ,lol, what is the reason for ice on the window sill? I thought you'd put some in the dogs' water bowls and the rest to soak your feet?
ReplyDeleteAs a resident of New York it was common practice before AC became a common practice , so in the 1970s last saw the practice
DeleteIt is illegal John too
Lee🍸x4
Could you put an identifying mark on the kitty who is currently visiting?
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