On a hot, hot day, it was a welcome relief to spend some time in the cool of Janet´s house. Mind you, I had to travel the entire distance to Querum from Timmerlah and back, on a hot bus, which is supposed to be air conditioned! In temperatures in the early 30c´s buses need windows that can be opened, and although two small ones at the back were open, they allowed no flow of air through the bus.
Next year I will make my annual visit here early in the year and before the school holidays begin. That way I will avoid the massive improvements to the transport system that are heralded by the "school´s out" season. At the moment, the tram lines from Weststadt and Broitzem into the city resemble scenes from war torn Syria. Forgive me if I repeat myself, but constant heat disables my thought processes, and I cannot remember what I have previously written in this blog. How the labourers and civil engineers have managed to work in the fifth hottest German summer on record, I do not know. They are all very sun tanned.
On a happier note, Janet´s Yucca (left) is in full bloom, something that has never happened before! It looks lovely, as did the rest of the plants in the sub-tropical garden. The temperature today (Friday) is expected to reach 35c, which is no good for man nor beast, but obviously good for Yuccas.
In the sub tropical garden.
A distant gentleman sits on the terrace.
Courgettes growing in a well watered raised bed.
A croak of three frogs. Spot the real one!
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