The
weather here these last few days has been so hot it's sometimes
difficult to remember we are actually on the North East Coast of
Scotland overlooking the cold North Sea. 
This
weather is quite unusual for this area, it's a bit of a mini heat wave
but nowhere near as hot as it has been in other places. I spent a whole
hour one morning watching a Heron at the waters edge but
unfortunatly........with only my mobile you can't see it.
I
love the summer, I love the sound of the birds singing, the feel of the
warm breeze on the skin, the sight of the grasses swaying and walking
along the beach at low tide. There has been plenty of that these last
few days and the only little blip on my happiness is my lack of a decent
camera.
Even
that I am getting used too, I’m learning to make do with my poor
quality mobile phone and becoming very thankful for the camera that went
every where with me over this last year. I have a good stock of decent
shots that will take me forever to sort, edit and file, I’m trying to be
very positive about this and be thankful for the year I spent with my
camera rather than mourn the loss of it now. I’ve started walking the cliffs again, I don’t go there in the winter, it can get quite dangerous in the bad weather but at the moment it's a wonderful place to be. Shear Red Sandstone cliffs dropping into a swirling foamy sea, all to the ever present din of the squawking sea gulls.
For the first time this year I’ve spent time on the beach with the grandchildren.
I’ve walked along the cliff path counting the number of wild flowers in bloom,
I’ve
collected pebbles from the beach. They were picked out of rock pools
and while wet, they had vivid colours, stripes and patterns.
Once they dried out the colours dulled, but all it takes to bring back the colour is a quick splash of water. I have my daughters dog for the week while she is in Spain and every day I've come home from work and walked the dog along the park overlooking the beach. Today it was so hot I stayed indoors untill almost 7pm but still there was a heat haze over every thing. Then the haare (sea mist) came in from the sea and swirled around over the beach and fields like a rapidly moving fuzzy pale shadow.
It
is fascinating to watch and I tried to take a photo of it with my
mobile phone, unfortunately you can’t see the full glory of the Haare
with my little mobile.
It
is now well past midnight and the house is hot. My windows are all open
but the air is still and heavy, soon I will have to try to ignore the
heat and sleep. Work again tomorrow and I think it’s going to be just as
hot tomorrow as it has been today.
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acousticeagle wrote on Jun 24, '09
Lately
I've been watching some travelogue shows on tv on Britain and some of
it has featured Scotland -boats and harbours. It is so picturesque. What
you've been doing sounds very peaceful and restful, which is good for
you after all the stuff that was happening at your place with your
renovations. I especially like the picture of the wildflowers on the
hillock with the sea just below there.
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Very
lovely pictures and I especially like the one with the flowers
overlooking the sea. I am curious how hot it does get up there - if you
would like to share. Sleeping in the heat is quite an ordeal - we did
it until I got into my late 40's then could not take it and installed
central air conditioning. We rarely use it, but when we must, we do.
Yesterday it was 32C here - well no one can sleep in that except a cat.
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eggpainter wrote on Jun 24, '09
Grandchildren can be such fun and what a beautiful place to take them. Thank you for the pictures. I enjoyed seeing them.
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brendainmad wrote on Jun 24, '09
As
you know, I'm not a profesonal photographer so these are nice photos to
me. You can imagine how hot it is here. Hope your daughter enjoys her
holidays here.
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starfishred wrote on Jun 23, '09
Wonderful post loretta.Send us some of your heat for we are having an English June rain and more rain and chilli.
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