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And summer begins with fire

Today is the first day it’s really felt like summer – but what makes it feel like summer? Well, it’s uncomfortably warm cycling for a start. You regret wearing black jeans, or indeed any form of trousers. You get sunburnt if you stay out in the sun too long. (Nuts.) You feel guilty closing the curtains so you can see the computer screen. (You feel guilty merely by being on the computer – hey, I’m sunburnt, I need something to do inside.) You notice itches starting to appear all over your body, as well as flies buzzing everywhere. Your friends decide to buy ice cream, and even though you have no money you get money so you can too.

Or, of course, you could say summer begins when you have the first barbecue. This lunchtime we bought a make-your-own-barbecue charcoal tray from Sainsbury’s, along with some sausages, and had a barbecue in the park. And I was sure we were mainly in the shade. My red arms beg to differ.

Matthew @ 18:57, June 17, 2005 to Diary | Comments (3)