As I write this, temperatures are soaring to 36C. This is autumn in the Western Cape! Seriously?
We have Berg winds again. To understand what this means, open your oven door when you’re cooking pizza and let the hot air waft over you. This kind of heat is blowing in through my open windows and doors right now. There is nowhere cool to go. Even sitting under the trees provides no respite today.
I am tired of wearing T-Shirts and shorts and sweltering all day!
I am tired of the soft bread in my sandwich toasting itself in the air while I eat it, so the last bite is decidedly drier and crunchier than the first!
I am tired of a perpetual summer that began last September/October, over 7 months ago!
How do I know it is not summer any longer, but autumn? My calendar tells me so, as does my neighbour’s deciduous tree.
Summer may be officially over, but so many plants are just starting their new growth. Look at my camellia bush; bursting to overflowing with buds:
And my newly planted little honeysuckle, that is flourishing:
The impatiens in my hanging baskets, that keeps on producing flowers all year round.
Perpetual summer? I think so!
Oh well, time for ice-wine by the pool!
Cheers!
Cheers to you!!!
Wow 36 is hot! But the flowers are do pretty
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haha Cheers! 🙂
Yes, I do enjoy having flowers all year round – and fortunately it is getting a little cooler now. 🙂
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Wine in hot weather is always a good idea!
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And in cold weather – and inbetween weather and in rainy weather and in . . . . 😀 😀
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Yes! And also good on any day that ends in “y.”
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hahaha Yes! 😀
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How long did the ice stay solid? Lol I get exactly what you mean. It was such a “treat” to be in the UK, get out of the shower, dry myself and still be dry as I was getting dressed ha ha
Is it a dry heat where you are or humid?
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Oh the ice lasted long enough to finish the wine and get a refill! 😀
Berg winds are dry – but just so hot. Otherwise it is often humid here unless we have a good breeze.
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I hate it when even the breeze is warm lol when I’d put my fan on and it would just blow warm air around lol
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haha True. 🙂
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Love the reality – open your oven door while cooking pizza… 😰
And…
Why are you BY the pool and not IN the pool? 🤣😂
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Thanks 🙂 I was trying to get across the heat. The pool is freezing already, as temps are cooler at night. The last time I swam in February, I could hardly breathe it was so cold. Even the tough neighbourhood kids have not been in their pools for the last month.
It doesn’t make sense, but it’s just what it is. SA is really a cold country with a hot sun. Sun goes away, it’s cold. 🙂
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I’ll have to go consult a globe 🌍
I know it’s hot over there, but just how close are you to the equator/ South pole? Trying to equate your location to the northern hemisphere, I would expect you would have colder weather at some point during the year. Obviously, the weather currents make you hotter there than I’d expect.
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Jo’burg, 1400km nearer the equator than CT, and very much inland, gets freezing winters. I think the ocean keeps CT from falling below 9C all winter.
In winter we get massive storm fronts hitting us straight from the South Pole, so it can get pretty nasty, just not too cold!
Quick google says Cape Town is equivalent to Casablanca and Los Angeles in the Northern Hemisphere. But, I think the ocean makes all the difference here. 🙂
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Really? L.A.? Huh. It has to be nicer than that there 😉 I’ve spent a few vacations there, as my BFF lived there a few years. It’s hot, but I would have thought CT would be hotter. I’ll look into it 😉
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I don’t think the climates are the same, but the distance from the equator is?
CT has a Mediterranean climate. 🙂
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There are some advantages then. I hope you get a proper autumn soon, it can’t be good for plants and animals.
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Autumn and Spring are very short seasons here, but it is cooling down at last, and hopefully more rain on the way. 🙂
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Those Berg winds sound like something straight out of hell to me. I would invest in air conditioner.
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I don’t know anyone who has aircon. Fortunately Berg winds are not that common, so we endure! 🙂
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Ha ha its freezing here, but you can put on an extra jumper, but thats way too hot for me, but I suppose you get use to it. Love the little honeysuckle and the glass of wine, with the swimming pool……ha ha bet you don’t need to heat that at the moment 🙂
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Ah it is too hot to get used to and the pool is like ice! – I know, such a contradiction, but even the neighbour’s kids stopped swimming months ago.
Like you, I prefer to be too cold, as then you can put more clothes on. 🙂
Still, Berg winds are not every day – fortunately! 😀
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Thats amazing about the pool, and yes its better to be able to put more clothes on, a little heat is nice though. No I should think having a Berg wind everyday would be a bit too much 🙂
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Cheers… your photos are stunning! Hope you get some rain too! 😀
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Thank you so much. 🙂
Hopefully some rain in a few weeks! 🙂
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A pleasure! 🙂 And yes, hopeful for rain. 🙂
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🙂
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36 F in fall, that is brutal… Ice wine by pool sound great. 🙂
Hope you guys get another storm like you had a couple of weeks ago.
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haha Yes it is! 🙂
(I assume just a typo on your side – it was 36 Centigrade, not F.)
Hoping for some rain in 2 weeks! Thank you 🙂
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Thank you! 36 F would be cold… 🙂
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That’s what I thought. 😀 I don’t use F, so get a bit confused sometimes with temps. 🙂
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Me want ice wine🍷ha ha! Phew! Really sounds hot!! Love your glorious honey suckle plant….really seems like summer and oh thanks for teaching me berg winds!☺
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Thanks GH. Believe me, much better to read about Berg winds than to experience them!
And Cheers! 🙂
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I believe you. Opening oven doors is really dry heat!! ☺
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🙂
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I could feel my dread of the hot and humid days during the summer increasing with each word about your sweltering weather. Thank god there are beautiful flowers and wonderful glasses of ice wine to provide relief from the heat. Great post!
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Oh dear! Sorry about that! 😀
But Thank You 🙂
Hot days are OK if it’s not too humid, or there is a breeze. 🙂
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Can I come and live with you please…lol! Lovely photos – I’m quite envious as we have yet another grey-ish sort of day…🌄🌄🌄
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hahaha I’m sure you’ll have your summer soon. And hopefully our grey days are just around the corner. 🙂
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We are literally flooding with spring rains here so I will live vicariously through you.
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Happy to oblige: it is how I get thro the worst of summer – by gazing longingly at snow photos from the frozen North.
Send us some of your rain and we’ll send you many sunbeams in return. 🙂
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But global warming isn’t real…😒
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haha Of course not! 🙂
Love your emoticon! – Sadly I don’t have these on my laptop.
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It took me forever to realise there was a sarcastic/unimpressed emoticon. Now I probably overuse it.
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hehe Me too on WhatsApp etc – I have found my favourite and use it always.
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