All week the talk had been how
it's supposed to be nice at weekend
wall-to-wall sunshine, twenty plus degrees,
the summer was finally arriving.
By Friday evening there's not a cloud in the sky,
the sunshine makes inner-city Salford
feel like Spain or the Sahara,
the beer garden is packed,
loud chatter, lager and laughter.
On Saturday the whole country is having barbecues,
sizzling sausages and sun-burnt skin,
children have water-fights in the street,
and the tinny pop music playing
can be heard three streets away.
On Sunday the sun still shines,
people bask in the wonderful weather,
the last of the barbecue food
will be burnt to a crisp later
as the summer parties continue.
Late Sunday afternoon the skies darken
churning to grey-black as
dark clouds loom overhead,
then the rain starts to fall.
Minutes later its a down-pour.
I stand in my doorway, transfixed,
looking out at the lashing rain,
I extend a hand, catching the rain-drops
in my palm, smiling to myself, happy at last,
that the weather has finally improved.
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Tom Dylan (
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Can't be too cheerful and have too much fun - it's just not natural, you'd wear yourself out, Tom. 🙃
Haha, thanks Dave. I don't mind the warm weather, but there's something so atmospheric about the rain. 🙂 Cheers, Tom.
Sounds to me as if you are very well adapted to your environment, mate.
Ohhh yes, we can cheer up - it'll probably rain again. Not too much fun now, as Dave says! lol.
When it's hot we wish it cool.
When it's cool we wish it hot. lol.
I think we had it fine all day Sunday here.
Oh yes, it never lasts long. No soon as everyone pulls the covers off the garden furniture and fires up the BBQ, the torrential rain begins. 🙂 In Manchester the rain started by tea time on Sunday.
Here in the Northeast of the US, we have a saying, "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute, it'll change." ⛈️☔
Yes, that's exactly it. I've heard that in parts of the US, Maine etc, the weather is very similar to the UK. We had sunshine for a couple of days and its back to the gloomy weather now.
Well Tom I hope you can get back to some nice sunny weather. 😎
Great use of the senses. I can feel the scene.
Thanks a lot, mate. Really appreciated.
Wonderful fun words Tom. The British weather, four seasons in one day!
Andy
Haha, yep, that's exactly it. Everyone rushes out to enjoy the sun because we all know it won't last very long. 🙂
my fir cone is still the most precise means by which I can determine the weather .. nice one tho Tom
Ah yes, I forgot that was a thing! The pine cones telling the weather! Just had a flashback to my childhood. Nice one, Neville.
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