There has been a hot wind blowing today. I hate hot winds - probably even more than I hate cold winds. I don't mind heat. I don't mind humid. But I hate hot winds with a vengeance. They make me feel hot and sick and tired and irritable.
Perhaps if I liked ice cream or ice blocks or icy cold water I might be able to find the temperature tolerable but I don't like any of those things (well the occasional ice cream but I'm not into it in a big way). There's always swimming to cool off ... but at the moment I do not have the courage to be seen within my own family circle in a bathing suit, let alone out in public. So I suffer ... and not always in silence.
The Two Most Adorable Granddaughters are staying with us at the moment. No, DIL#1 hasn't had her baby nor is she in labour (well she wasn't when I spoke to her an hour ago). She's just very tired and needing a chance to sleep so I was more than happy to have the girls for a few days. Even longer if it comes to that.
Tonight after dinner we decided to go for a walk around the lake. It would give the girls something to do and perhaps it would even be cooler than sitting at home - and it was. In the early evening it's a beautiful and popular place to be. We saw Pukeko (New Zealand Swamp Hen) with their young, Australian teal with their young, cygnets, both black and white swans, and hundreds of ducks.
We fed the birds and some formed extremely fast and enduring relationships with us as a result.
We enjoyed exploring the tracks and all the little bridges and even saw a few other interesting things.
And when we arrived back home there was frozen yoghurt that we'd made earlier to enjoy. And I even had a small serving this time.
Perhaps if I liked ice cream or ice blocks or icy cold water I might be able to find the temperature tolerable but I don't like any of those things (well the occasional ice cream but I'm not into it in a big way). There's always swimming to cool off ... but at the moment I do not have the courage to be seen within my own family circle in a bathing suit, let alone out in public. So I suffer ... and not always in silence.
The Two Most Adorable Granddaughters are staying with us at the moment. No, DIL#1 hasn't had her baby nor is she in labour (well she wasn't when I spoke to her an hour ago). She's just very tired and needing a chance to sleep so I was more than happy to have the girls for a few days. Even longer if it comes to that.
Tonight after dinner we decided to go for a walk around the lake. It would give the girls something to do and perhaps it would even be cooler than sitting at home - and it was. In the early evening it's a beautiful and popular place to be. We saw Pukeko (New Zealand Swamp Hen) with their young, Australian teal with their young, cygnets, both black and white swans, and hundreds of ducks.
We fed the birds and some formed extremely fast and enduring relationships with us as a result.
We enjoyed exploring the tracks and all the little bridges and even saw a few other interesting things.
And when we arrived back home there was frozen yoghurt that we'd made earlier to enjoy. And I even had a small serving this time.
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