Is Summer Over Already?

It's only the 15th of August. Surely Summer isn't over already?

I don't know about where you are, but where I am it is feeling distinctly Wintry.
It feels as though the Universe has decided to skip Autumn altogether, and commence with Winter.
I'm cold as I sit writing this, and that's despite wearing several layers of warm clothes, and being in a nice warm house.
Crap! We didn't even have a Summer. Well, not as far as me and Mr.R are concerned.
I did see people walking about in Summer clothes, but personally I've been wearing my socks and slippers all 'Summer'. Not out in public, just in the house. I may be a scruff, but I don't leave the house in my slippers, or my nightie, or pyjamas - which would definitely cause some stares because I don't wear any. ;)
I haven't felt particularly warm, not even on days when I've seen people wandering around half naked. Us Brits love to get our clothes off as soon as we see a tiny glint of sunshine.
Anyway, I think that's it - Summer has left and soon the trees will be nude too; leaves dead and covering the ground, skies dark by 4pm. The horror!

Icecube - Our dogs favourite way to hydrate

This Summer has been so cool that poor Mr.R never even got to wear the cheap flip-flops he purchased a while ago.
I'm sure the photo of them explains why they were cheap - he bought them after England had not even tried to win, and the World Cup had finished.
Mr.R only bought these flip-flops because they were the only pair in the shop. He is not a football fan - and after seeing them 'play' I'd say neither are the England team.

For sale, one pair of brand new flip-flops.......

We don't do well in cold dark climates. Although I do like the different seasons we get in Blighty, they all offer something special, it's just I prefer to see them from afar, say via old photographs, and not to actually experience them in the flesh - the cold and sad, not warm and happy flesh.
We feel happiest, and healthiest when it's sunny and warm. All we need is to win an obscenely large amount of money on the lottery and we'll never have to feel cold again.
What about you, do you prefer warm or cold weather?
What's your favourite season?

Cold! I'm Very Cold :(

I'm always cold. Well, almost always. 

I don't mean emotionally, I mean physically. 

For the past couple of weeks, when I haven't been working up a sweat carrying out various bits of DIY in our new house, I've been covered in goosebumps and shivering, absolutely freezing. Freezing! I exaggerate slightly, but only very slightly. 

I've been feeling so cold I'd swear it's Winter. 

Today I am once again feeling very cold. 

I've just had a super-hot shower, which did warm me up, and kept me feeling warm for about ten minutes after I'd left the bathroom. 

But now I'm back to feeling cold, which is why I'm sitting here in multiple layers of clothing, and big fluffy slipper boots on my feet. It's also why I'm seriously considering putting a dressing-gown on over my already bundled-up body, and possibly a woolly hat. ;)

I am not looking forward to Winter. 

According to Google, and he does know everything ;) it's not even Autumn yet. 

Google says that Autumn starts on the 22nd of September. Today is only the 11th of September. 

Crap! If this is still Summer, I have no idea how I'm going to cope with Autumn, let alone Winter. 

As a Brit you'd think I'd be used to cold, wet, grey weather. I probably was, many years ago, but not now. 

Having lived in the sunny South of France for about 10 years, followed by our recent 2 years of World travels, in mainly gloriously hot countries, I don't think my body is used to feeling cold anymore. 

I wasn't happy about living back in Blighty, and the lack of hot sunshine is definitely not helping me feel settled. 

Obviously I could put the central heating on, and sit in front of the lounge fire, but as it's still 'Summer' I refuse. If I put the heating on now, what will I do when it really is Winter?

For now I'll just have to steal some heat from Mr.R as he's always hot, so I guess I shouldn't complain about feeling cold because I have got a lovely life-size hot water bottle. :) 

In truth it probably hasn't been as cold as I think it has. 

I'm anaemic, and they say it can make you feel the cold, so it may be partly responsible for my shivering, but I don't think anaemia is the main culprit. 

I think it's the North!

Yep, as we are now living in the North of England, I'm blaming the North. 

So, my feeling so cold is not medical, it's geographical. 

I never imagined there'd be a 'you are here' location marker on a map of where I live, so far up North. 

I bet I wouldn't feel so cold if I was back down South. ;) 

And by down South, I don't necessarily mean the South of England, which would be preferable to being up North, I mean anywhere that's further South. I'd happily live in Monaco. :)

Hmm, that reminds me, I must buy a ticket for the next EuroMillions lottery. :o

Do you feel the cold when your family and friends are warm?

What's your top tip to keep the cold away? 

 

I Won the Lottery!

I won the lottery! :)

Well, when I say won, I mean I gave the cashier £2, and in return she gave me a nice piece of pink paper. 

I already had a pen, which was handy as I was in the mood for doodling. 

   

Pen plus paper equals artistic genius. 

Move over Damian Hurst, you overrated Prima Donna. There's a much more talented artist in town - me. ;) 

Actually, I really did win the lottery. 

In hindsight I should have checked my numbers before I decided to doodle all over my ticket. Apparently my winning ticket is now void. 

Oh well, thankfully I still have my obscene earnings from my new career as an artist to cushion the blow. 

Do you play the lottery?

Or more importantly, do you enjoy doodling?