Happy Friday everybody!
Some banana chocolate muffins are in the oven. The aroma causes my mouth to water. It’s just the perfect Friday, and the cloudy, cool weather outside adds to that.
I thought I would write about the weather today.
You read that right, the weather.
It’s usually the subject that uncomfortable conversations float to, right?
Maybe.
Maybe not.
Michael Singer, author of The Untethered Life, loves using weather to illustrate allowance. He explains letting things be. He talks about our human tendency to get our knickers in a knot over things we have no control over.
Think about it: We fill uncomfortable silences by complaining about the weather. The weather determines our moods. We use the weather as excuses. Weather upsets society, safety, etc.
And we have no control over it.
Talking about wasting precious energy, health, peace and such on something completely outside our control.
We humans are quite fascinating, don’t you think?
After preaching like that, I want to just say that I don’t mind rainy and cool to cold weather.
My favorite seasons are therefore autumn and spring.
The colors of both seasons are amazing!
My energy levels are great in both seasons.
It’s not work to get out in nature during these seasons.
It’s also the reminder I need to remember that every aspect of the human condition happens in seasons.
I’ve deleted most of this post already because I tend to become super philosophical when I start delving into subjects. Such as weather. And seasons.
The aim is fluff and ease for this post.
We’re in our summer season now. In the North West province where we live, most of our year consists of moderately warm weather. Summers can get bloody hot and winters not really warm enough for a coat. Maybe a cardigan or hoody but not really a lovely wool coat with scarfs and gloves. Bummer.
My sewing nerd loves the beautiful coat patterns available every year. However, it’s just not worth all that work. It’s too hot to wear them.
Maybe I will sew up a proper coat when we visit Europe or Canada. It gets really cold there. Then I can complete it with lining and such. One can dream.
During our summer season, we also have our rains. When our rain season is healthy and frequent like it should be, the summers are bearable.
When we moved to this area nearly a decade ago, it was during a seven-year drought. It sounds so biblical, doesn’t it!?During that time, it was extremely hot. The dashboard of our car melted and bubbled. It left us with the funniest-looking dashboard!! During that time we had animal feed shortages, water shortages and temperatures of 40 to 48 degrees celsius.
Mind you, in that time we had very few bush fires.
The North West province is also where you will find part of the Bushveld.
One of my upcoming romance series will be set in the Bushveld. In that series, I hope to introduce some of the characteristics nature has here. Maybe. Let’s see.
I’ve digressed again.
I prefer the autumn and spring. Both these seasons are fairly hot. One can easily lose track of the change of seasons. You need to look at the calendar rather than the thermometer.
Both seasons run into and out of winter with a good month or so, eg. Autumn should start March and run to May but it tends to run into July. Spring should start September but usually starts Late July to August.
It’s a running joke in our house that winter is about 2 weeks long here. I have 2 weeks then to wear scarves and gloves.
Summary of this post?
I love cool wet weather.
What is your favourite weather? My sister-in-law loves summer. I. DO. NOT. UNDERSTAND. THAT. INSANITY. And why do you love your favourite weather?
Until next time everybody. Make it a good one!
Cheers