Summer is............
Learning through experience that the French have got it right - you HAVE to close the shutters during the day unless you want to fry inside your own house. Air con is not normal for many rural homes.
Summer is...........
Spending 10 minutes each morning choosing which fruit to have with breakfast.
Summer is..........
Getting the clothes washing done in double quick time....and taking it in 15 minutes later, dry as a crisp.
Summer is............
Loving the security of the mosquito net at night. Wishing that Yves Saint Laurent would hurry up and design a mosquito net Day-suit to swan around in, safe in the knowledge that I will not be adding to the current total of 32 bites. Lew's tally? Zero, but 2 stings on his head when something with poor aeronautical skills flew in between the gaps in his cycle helmet while he was on the way to get croissants. Ouch!!
Summer is............
Finding the coolest place for a rest.
Summer is........
Watching future bottles of wine ripen on the vines.
Summer is..........
Thinking up yet more games to play in the pool, and not caring about the prune-like skin from constant submersion.
Summer is..........
Making sure everyone stays hydrated.
Fighting the crowds at the market. Worse than Nelson market on Christmas Eve.
Summer is...........
Checking the thermometer by the pool and admitting that maybe it IS a bit hot for a bike ride.
Summer is...........
Using visualisation techniques and memory recall to try and lower the body temperature; was it really THAT cold?!?
Realising that the French are perhaps not quite as profit-driven as the rest of the world. This loosely translates as:
"I don't care if it's the height of the tourist season and I could make my fortune in one week, everyone else is on holiday, so I'm going on holiday too".
Summer is...........
Discovering that just when you thought you'd eaten enough water melon, you find you can squeeze in just one more "wafer-thin" slice.
Summer is...........
Endless supplies of veges and stonefruit
Summer is...........
Sitting down in a cafe for a great salad of goats cheese, walnuts, figs, pine nuts, roquefort, and a goats cheese sorbet.
And at the end of the day, summer is............
Cooling down with one last swim before going to bed.
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