Sorry GN'ers, probably my fault.......

Not your fault at all. Suffolk Show next week, guaranteed to change the weather.

I've been wearing my (knee length) shorts for the last few weeks, lovely warm & sunny here in Devon. Some days I've had to put my light fleece on because of the wind my arms feel the cold, my legs don't . Summer quilt has been on the bed for last week or so. I'm making the most of the lovely weather

Sorry if we're hogging all the sun down here

I have had bald legs for many years, so don’t need to shave them. Shaving anything is verboten anyway, right now. It’s one of the long list of do’s and don’ts prior to my hip replacement operation, scheduled for next Thursday.
I hope that, before very long, I will be able to revisit the joys of cutting/painting my own toenails and wearing shoes with laces that I can tie myself.
As the song says, “You don’t know what you’ve got, ‘til it’s gone.” I deeply sympathise with those whose disabilities are permanent.

That was in reply to kittylester

Well, I am old but if I don't shave my legs they look like I have had a transplant from a bear!

Phoenix that reminds me of many years ago when I was trying on jeans in a shop that had small individual changing rooms with just curtains round . I was stood on one leg trying to get my other leg into the jeans when I fell through the curtain into the shop. Good job I was wearing nice knickers !

Like you Phoenix. Except I use an electric razor on the legs. Once I have worn the cropped trousers I refuse to wear full length ones until at least Sept. If it's chilly , you soon get used to it.

I have "veins" showing on my ankles!! any cure for them? I would so love to wear capri trousers HELP?

Charleygirl same here, hot water bottle.and thick quilt, always prepared for the cold, but been gorgeous all week, sun is struggling this morning
It always annoys me that this part of the country on the weather map is a lower temperature than anywhere else, but has been much hotter than forecast,

I’m off for a day trip to the seaside this weekend. Put on last year’s pretty sandals but don’t remember them being so uncomfortable then!

I only shave what will show, so really unless I’m going somewhere hot my legs etc never get fully shaved. No point in wasting good gardening time?

Not only could I not stand on one leg but I couldn't see without my glasses!

Luckily, I am so old I have next to next to no leg hair to worry about.

BradfordLass what's "Eeeuuw" about that? I just can't (safely) stand on one leg and wield a razor.

I shaved my legs (had to be done in the bath, can't do that "flamingo" thing in the shower

Eeeuuw TMI !!

*Phoenix *that's brilliant ?

Doodle you can actually eat ice cream even if it isn't sunny!

Unless of course there are odd archaic bylaws where you live
"If the weather be not sunny, eat no ice cream, firm or runny,
but if indeed the sun do shine,
Ice cream pleasure shall be thine
Chose your wafer or your cornet,
But guard yourself from wasp or hornet
For if in your cornet you place a flake,
They will for you a beeline make
And some strawberry sauce you chose,
They might sting you on the nose!

I'll get me coat..........

According to the internet some say it’s May trees other say it’s the month of May. I always thought it was the month of May myself. Either way phoenix we had a nice walk but it wasn’t as warm as it looked earlier in the day so I blame you for the fact that I didn’t get my ice cream ??

Well DD and SIL are off to the Big Church Weekend, so it’s bound to be wet, isn’t it?

If I clean the windows or wash the car it is guaranteed to rain - which is why they look so grubby.

I too thought that saying referred to May blossom, and it's out in profusion here in North Devon!

of course 'Ne'er cast a clout til May is out' has a totally different meaning after this morning. Funnily enough, first week of June is when I put my tomatoes out, and my pots.....and my freshly painted toes.

Toes painted and feet buffed to an inch of their life with cropped jeans at the ready did not work for me on Tuesday evening when we landed back at M'Chester from a week in Majorca as usual we where greeted with the usual drizzle of rain and cold so all my summer stuff will stay packed up for the forseeable future.

referring

I think there's still some debate around that, isn't it? I've seen it referred to both the month and the hawthorn. This gives a bit more info www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/till-may-is-out.html

SirChenjin I think that saying refers to May blossom not the month.