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April 01, 2006
The sun has got his hat on...
I cannot put to words how utterly refreshing it is to be able to walk freely around the house in just one layer of clothing and with the windows open too. God it was a long time coming this year.
Wandering about taking photos today for the Wheel of the Year project,* I noticed how some of the trees have suddenly sprouted blossom (although sadly not in the photos I took - note to self remember this for next year) I even noticed a few clusters of daisies in the grass. Oh and the ice cream parlour on Jesus Green was finally open although I’m not sure if this is because it’s a) Saturday, b) April or c) Spring-(ish) weather.
Mother Nature has her place but on days like this my favourite pass time is people watching, or more precisely clothes watching. it’s the diversity that amuses me, the teenage girls who expose their midriffs and thighs whatever the weather, so they don’t look any different; the men, usually coming up for middle age who, as soon as the thermometer rises to just above freezing, insist on donning a pair of shorts and a wacky Hawaiian shirt (my theory is that it is something to do with the mid-life-crisis, the dawning realisation that there are only so many summery days left in one’s life, so let’s make the most of them) and then there’s people like me, who refuse to part with their cuddly winter coat until the temperature has remained above 20 for at least a month, or when we drown in a pool of our own sweat, whichever comes soonest. As my mum used to say ‘the day Purple Elephant sheds her winter coat, is the day summer finally arrives.’
* I am so absolutely aware that I haven’t even uploaded last month’s yet, someone slap my wrists. Also how much do I suck at changing my reading list in the sidebar? The Virago Book of Christmas indeed!
Posted by purple elephant at April 1, 2006 10:58 PM