Here comes the sun…..are you prepared?

We're having friends and neighbours round on Saturday for a BBQ; our first one this year.

Anything that needs doing including the weekly food shop will be finished by tomorrow lunch time and then like you Sago I'll be outside in my shorts with a book enjoying this welcome and long awaited spell of wonderful .

Oh to be able to wear shorts, those days have long gone but I shall hunt out the cropped trousers and the tee shirts and sit on the patio which is full of weeds and pretend it isn’t.

Fingers crossed, but it’s still thick, long trousers and a long sleeved fleece top for me today. I’m hoping for better next week.

Digging out the big shade from the shed today. Going to do a bit of gardening before it gets too hot during the next few days. Plant my dahlias now the nights are above 10c - they have been patiently waiting in the greenhouse since beginning of March.

But mostly sit and enjoy. Bought a chicken to spatchcock and barbecue tomorrow.

Might go to NT Nymans today to look at the roses and have a picnic.

We are in our 80s now and DH with heart condition does feel the heat, particularly when it gets above 30c. So we’ve just purchase a AC unit for the living room, which faces north. We have struggled in the past when the heat gets excessive, and they are forecasting the possibility of real heat this summer because of El Niño.
But saying all that -

I love the summer!!

Not looking forward to it, anything over 18/19 degrees is uncomfortable to me. I shall stay indoors.
My partner will be outside in it as much as he can, he loves the heat.

Hope all you sun worshipers enjoy yourselves!

Oh, I really hope so. Family holiday next week for 11 of us. Ages 94 down to 5 so good weather would be the icing on the cake.

It's still raining here but I'm ever hopeful.
I have very few Summer clothes as here in Scotland " you always need a cardigan"
I'm being taken out on Sunday for tea for a treat somewhere so that should be lovely. I have a sunhat.

All be careful, though. I have had a few skin cancers removed from my nose. I don’t sunbathe, this was from walking around everyday without sunscreen. I know the sun is fierce in Australia but I would also say that my mum ,who lived in the UK all her life, also got them on her eyelids because she used to go to sleep in a deckchair in her garden in a London suburb.

I have very fair skin and have very rarely sat in the sun but last year I developed a spot on my nose which was precancerous.
It was treated with very effective but very painful chemotherapy cream. So yes, get that Factor 50 ready and make sure you use it.

I'm at last going to buy summer bedding plants now. The frost at night has been a darned nuisance, but hopefully is over now.

I've got lots of factor 50 ready as I use it all year around due to skin cancers.

henetha

I'm at last going to buy summer bedding plants now. The frost at night has been a darned nuisance, but hopefully is over now.

I've got lots of factor 50 ready as I use it all year around due to skin cancers.

Just got mine in pots and tubs yesterday, they made it through the night😃
Also got tomatoes out there growing now and am looking forward to some lovely warm weather.
Got some wine in the fridge and ice cream in the freezer 😋

Oh there is hope then, as yours have survived the night.
I might pop to a garden centre today then.... .
And get some ice cream as well...

Get the Magnums in henetha 😄

I'm looking forward to it. I haven't been warm all year, and I'm still putting the heating on for a couple of hours in the morning.
Monday's temperature is expected to be 25° and guess what I volunteered DH and me for? Painting bedrooms in my DD's house as they need to be in at the end of the week!

I love magnums, Oreo, but only buy the minis in an effort to eat healthy. They are gorgeous.....

Hairdressers tomorrow then call at M & S for some easy meals. I still have a few bedding plants to put in and the DGC fairy garden to tend to, but as they’re coming for a sleep over Saturday we’ll do it together.
Oh and I bought a swinging egg chair about six weeks ago, we’ve only sat in it once so hopefully that’ll get some use now.
I feel ready for some sun but don’t like the heat so hoping it’s not too hot. Enjoy everyone 🌞

nanna8

All be careful, though. I have had a few skin cancers removed from my nose. I don’t sunbathe, this was from walking around everyday without sunscreen. I know the sun is fierce in Australia but I would also say that my mum ,who lived in the UK all her life, also got them on her eyelids because she used to go to sleep in a deckchair in her garden in a London suburb.

Yes, thanks for the reminder. I think we've all got burnt when we were younger and I've noticed many people in Australia seem to have a dressing on head or face where they've had a skin cancer removed, especially men.

Slip, Slap, Slop!

It will be the sudden contrast between the unusually chilly weather we've been experiencing and the heat which will be difficult until we get acclimatised.

I live in rainy Devon but still managed to have five skin cancers.
My ex partner, who had lived in New Zealand for many years, had them on the tops of his ears.

With malignant melanoma I won’t be seeing much sun.
Last week on one of those sunny days but with a cold wind, I coated a border of forget me nots and wondered why 2 days later my face felt hot and tight.
Yes, touch of the sun!

Coated?
CLEARED

Another with non- melanoma skin cancer - so factor 50, sun hats and sun glasses.

If like my sister with melanoma (in remission🤞🤞) you stay in the shade whilst enjoying the heat. Factor 50 all year around.

Bbq food and salads ordered for delivery tomorrow, factor 50 ready. Max of 30 for us next week, we have a chiller unit, blows out cool air into the living room, bliss.

I have been a sun lover over the years. Taking much more care now after chemotherapy.

We are forecast 32 deg which will make life a struggle for DH and therefore of course for me with his severe emphysema. Getting the fans out today and pleased I bought a big floor one last yeae.

I have just moved all my lovely potted hydrangeas which are doing so well into a shady part of thr garden close to the outdoor tap. Most of the other pots are heat withstanding plants.

Enjoy the long weekend everyone. After such a long grey chilly wet spring the sun is welcome. Here Comes The .Sun as George Harrison would say. Love that track.i can picture exactly where I was when I first heard it

Still in a polo neck and big jumper here in Aberdeenshire. Quite windy so good for drying the washing but not good for sitting outside. Hoping for some summery weather but not holding my breath.