Stormy Weather

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Likewise my two recent trips to Italy Walking to the Heathrow express in the morning, coat required... which immediately on arrival at the other end was an annoying encumbrance - by afternoon, anything other than shirt sleeves was unbearable. Ah well! Mustn't complain!

[amateur51]

Likewise my two recent trips to Italy Walking to the Heathrow express in the morning, coat required... which immediately on arrival at the other end was an annoying encumbrance - by afternoon, anything other than shirt sleeves was unbearable. Ah well! Mustn't complain!

Anything?!

[Nick Armstrong]

Anything?!

La vita was very dolce...

[vinteuil]

- by afternoon, anything other than shirt sleeves was unbearable. Ah well! Mustn't complain! :

Anything?!

Well, at least he had the decency to be in a shirt, even if he did take his coat off.

Remember - usually it's just a tee-shirt for our Caliban

[Anna]

I can report it's shirt sleeve weather here at 16 degrees, doors and windows are open. Neighbours had lunch al fresco and are at the moment soaking up the rays whilst sipping a glass or two. No need to go to Rome for La Dolce Vita, we do it very nicely here as well! I have a slow roast belly pork on a bed of fennel with fennel seeds, star anise and cardomon on the go filling the air with delicious aromas and the crackling is looking good and JRR is about to start
Edit: I resisted any reference to tee-shirts on the grounds of good taste

[mercia]

google translate says la dolce vita = bywyd melys

[Nick Armstrong]

Remember - usually it's just a tee-shirt for our Caliban

Question: what does our friend vinteuil have in common with the proverbial elephant...

I have a slow roast belly pork on a bed of fennel with fennel seeds, star anise and cardomon on the go filling the air with delicious aromas and the crackling is looking good

Sounds as scrummy as it gets!! In fact the other day, I was reminiscing with aforementioned Roman friends about a dinner cooked by their mamma about 20 years ago, which I remember to this day as one of the most delicious things I have ever eaten: loin of pork with fennel seeds (Arista di maiale con finocchio). What an amazing marriage pork & fennel make

[Anna]

Sounds as scrummy as it gets!! In fact the other day, I was reminiscing with aforementioned Roman friends about a dinner cooked by their mamma about 20 years ago, which I remember to this day as one of the most delicious things I have ever eaten: loin of pork with fennel seeds (Arista di maiale con finocchio). What an amazing marriage pork & fennel makes

Take Note: A mere whiff of roast pork and this man will follow you anywhere!! Even in his tee-shirt!! I am hoping it will be delicious and as unctuous as it is smelling and looking ....... mercs, Welsh word for honey is Mel (with a circumflex) I wonder if it comes from Melissa (bee)? I could look it up of course ... !

[Serial_Apologist]

Take Note: A mere whiff of roast pork and this man will follow you anywhere!! Even in his tee-shirt!! I am hoping it will be delicious and as unctuous as it is smelling and looking ....... mercs, Welsh word for honey is Mel (with a circumflex) I wonder if it comes from Melissa (bee)? I could look it up of course ... !

Surely from the French, "miel"?

Surprisingly warm where you are, Anna - only reached a windless, nearly cloudless 12.5 C here in S London today.

[Serial_Apologist]

Is this what you are looking for? http://www.unep.org/pdf/Solar_Index_Guide.pdf

Thanks for this, Pianorak. Sorry for the delayed response - been hosting an old friend these last 3 days.

[mangerton]

mercs, Welsh word for honey is Mel (with a circumflex) I wonder if it comes from Melissa (bee)? I could look it up of course ... !

I think it's more than likely, and as S_A points out the French miel aussi.

I'm interested to hear about the circumflex ê (Alt136) as I didn't know Welsh had accents. Does it have any others?

Scots of course have many accents, most of them impenetrable.

edit: OT note - lovely sunny day in Dundee today, but certainly not warm enough to dine al fresco.

[marthe]

Perelandra is a somewhat weird novel by CS Lewis - does anyone still read his science fiction? My father was a great fan.

Greenilex, my mother was also a fan...not just of CS Lewis's science fiction but of everything he wrote. Needless to say, we all read the Narnia books way back before they were made into films. I remember hearing Perelandra read aloud on a radio program during a school holiday. later I read the three books of the "Space Trilogy" but have not re-read them in many years.

Weather in Rhode Island has been warm and sunny for the past two days. it's supposed to be cool and rainy tomorrow which is too bad because we're going to the wedding of a young friend tomorrow.

[Pianorak]

Thanks for this, Pianorak. Sorry for the delayed response - been hosting an old friend these last 3 days.

Glad to see you're back in circulation - weather hasn't been the same without you.

[BBMmk2]

I have a few friends out in Australia and one oif them said that theiur clocks go back an hour this weekend! Which will make it 23 hrs different!

Going to be a sunny day here!!

[Serial_Apologist]

I have a few friends out in Australia and one oif them said that theiur clocks go back an hour this weekend! Which will make it 23 hrs different!

Going to be a sunny day here!!

Sunny and slightly hazy over London today, but by no means warm. Good day for cycling up to the Princess of Wales pub in posh Primrose Hill to see a violinist friend from the olden days performing with the resident band. (It would take as long by tube, what with the three-quarter mile walk from Camden Town).

(Can anyone else remember it turning as cold as this so early in the season? I certainly can't!)