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Daily trivia
No apologies. I post this picture, taken eighteen months ago, for no better reason than to cheer myself up, and to remind me that staying indoors could yet have its compensations (as soon as Emma has finished the hoovering). And boy, do I need cheering up. We have seen precious little of the sun for weeks and we have all but given up hope of anything other than an Indian Summer. Definition: a period of fine sunny weather in late Autumn. Dream on! [And many Brits may be surprised to know that the expression Indian Summer comes from the USA and has nothing to do with the Raj. It derives from the fact that these weather conditions are more common in the western regions occupied by “Indians” than in the western states occupied by the white settlers. Here endeth the lesson.] Now, where was it I had to go?
No apologies. I post this picture, taken eighteen months ago, for no better reason than to cheer myself up, and to remind me that staying indoors could yet have its compensations (as soon as Emma has finished the hoovering). And boy, do I need cheering up. We have seen precious little of the sun for weeks and we have all but given up hope of anything other than an Indian Summer. Definition: a period of fine sunny weather in late Autumn. Dream on! [And many Brits may be surprised to know that the expression Indian Summer comes from the USA and has nothing to do with the Raj. It derives from the fact that these weather conditions are more common in the western regions occupied by “Indians” than in the western states occupied by the white settlers. Here endeth the lesson.] Now, where was it I had to go?
