Early sumner

We had an okay day on the North East coast yesterday. But that's all. We have had thick fog for the past 2 days and the bloomin' fog horn has kept me awake . It was really foggy early on and the sun came out late morning. I managed to get a few jobs done in the garden only for the fog to creep back at tea time. One of the downsides of living so close to the sea.

Cooler today in the South but still extremely pleasant.

Had a very warm night

While we had hail and snow last week the sun this weekend has been blissful. My DH and I spent the whole time outside walking round our village and pootling about and resting in the garden. We had an impromptu barbecue on the patio on Sunday evening with son, daughter and D's b/f and sat and watched the sun go down. It was like being on holiday.

It's been lovely and warm in south west Scotland today and have spent most of the day adding compost to my garden planters in readiness for buying my summer bedding plants tomorrow. Hands and back are aching but it was wonderful just being outside in the sunshine...really lifts my spirits. Long may it continue!

Scorchio here in North Essex today. Sun very hot with a lovely breeze. Storm clouds gathering on the coast I hear.

According to my BBC weather app it is 19c at 11pm and only going down to 16c all night. I thought it was warm tonight.

Perfect day in Argyll at about 17° or 18° max. There will be colder days quite often during what is officially summer. #HowItGoes

Lovely and warm here in the North West. Had an 85 year old friend to lunch. Made Moussaka with asparagus followed by a frozen strawberry shortcake. We ate it outside on the deck, drank a glass of chilled white wine and had a gentle snooze listening to the river before stirring ourselves for a cup of tea. My friend who can no longer take holidays abroad said she had really enjoyed herself. That it was as good as as holiday. I took her home later and have now just watched David Attenborough's 90th birthday program. Husband has gone swimming. What a lovely day!!!

We have blackbirds nesting just outside our kitchen door in ivy on s trellis. Also a robin which visits many times a day and we hope is nesting. A lovely time of year.

Yes. Blackbirds in Spring. Robins in Winter.

After a truly miserable, wet, cold day yesterday and this morning, the sun has finally come out and the temperature has risen by 10C! Took the dog to the beach and she spent most of the time in the sea washing her ball.

Garden full of blackbird song! 2 calling to each other. The sound of spring to me, and special early in the morning because it has an echoey quality then. Has lulled me to sleep after many a restless night.

Enjoy early summer everyone. This is my birthday month and favourite time of year. ?

Blimey I'm sat in the shade in the conservatory and a sparrow just flew in after a fly caught it and flew out again. Good job the dog is comatose.

Scorchio here too Alea so we did the gardening early and got back indoors by 11.Was closing our side gate when all of a sudden there was a mad fluttering on my hat! It was a bird of some kind ( never saw it) but it landed on my straw hat and I had a job to get rid if it, waving arms madly, wonder if it looked like good nesting material? It flew into the tree right next to the gate and refused to show itself but felt small, maybe a hedge sparrow or a wren.The best explanation is that there is a nest in the tree and I was being warned off.

Hot ! Hot! Hot!

Keep coming in and out if the garden to cool off. Wonderful.

We tend not to go out at weekends since we are retired so day relaxing.

Lovely and hot here in Hertfordshire,walked the dog for an hour this morning over Heartwood. Just eaten lunch in the garden I'm now sunbathing for the afternoon. Sunworshipper me!!! Everything seems to much better when the sun is out.And people have smiles on there faces.

Scorchio here !!

It's lovely here today. Warm sunshine and the sound of ducks quacking and the odd boat chugging by on the canal on the other side of our fence

Aberdeen is overcast and it was raining when I walked the dog. We had snow hail and frost last week and my new plants got frozen to death and need to be replaced. Enjoy the good weather when you have it I say.?

We went to the nearby lakes this morning. Only sound , the birds. Heard a cuckoo. All the walkers just stopped and listened. Magic.

I love blackbirds but I wish those round here wouldn't start singing before it's even light! I was awake at half past three this morning and there was one outside giving it large! What do they find to sing about at that time in the morning?? I shall have to threaten to withhold their apple ration if they don't quieten down! . We have starlings nesting somewhere inside our roofline at the moment, but we're damned if we can find out where they're getting in. They don't appear to be in the loft space so I think they must be in the soffit somewhere. I watched one this morning bringing food back and he/she was very unhappy that I was hanging about watching.

Just about to take my coffee into the garden. There are squirrels running along the fence. Sun is shining and yesterday's rain has left everything fresh and green. We have pigeons nesting in the conifers - noisy and strutting around as though they own the place They are so big my young granddaughter thought they were ducks - not sure how to get them to pack their bags!!

I was reading the papers with a cuppa in the garden and when I looked up there were two squirrels 2yrds from me in the tree queueing up to raid the bird feeder hanging there one hanging upside down reaching in with his paw for the nuts and two tiny wrens under them pecking up the bits of seed they were dropping..

Blissful....

Our blackbird is singing his little heart too jings. Beautiful silvery song - he is the Pavarotti of the bird world.

We are heading to the bluebell woods for a cold pizza (leftovers from yesterday) picnic. But first I have to cook the roast dinner. Sigh. But I can do it with the kitchen door open, whilst listening to our very noisy blackbird.

Another beautiful day, blue sky, fresh new leaves on the trees and birds singing in the garden., does it get better than this? The best things in life are free . . .