The last several nights I have slept naked, no duvet or sheet, with double doors three metres away wide open. I have never been as hot as this in Christchurch. Even in Cambodia I wasn't a constant little puddle as I am here!!
Talking of heat, I've seen some raging suntans - mahogany verging on black. Usually older people. It comes as a surprise because most of us in New Zealand are well past the toasting stage - we know better (and this from an ex-toaster!).
I have seen a photo of an older lady on the beach and her skin resembles an elephants ! Even thought the sun is less dangerous in the higher hemishperes .. it is still not a good practice. Enjoy the heat .. we have had very heavy rain (esp the Peninsula) and 10 to 12 degree days. Not freezing but cold. At least the grass is growing now :)
ReplyDeleteHi Jane, I've been very busy over the last few days and have just had a lovely catch-up on your blog. Such fantastic variety and, as always, you choose such interesting and beautiful things to photograph and talk about. So much to delight - the Escher prints, that lovely toilet (!), the Dutch buildings... Very interested in your comments re central cities: we have to be very careful that we get Christchurch right. Love from Mt Pleasant, Anna x
ReplyDeleteThanks Anna - lovely to hear. Re Christchurch, it has been a very constant 'presence' here. So much that reminds of its parlous state. For some reason I have become a little less positive about the rebuild than I was previously. Not sure why...
ReplyDeleteI guess a photo might've ended up a little over-exposed! But that's what PhotoShop is for...
ReplyDeleteIs it humid to accentuate the heat - or just hot?
'Elephant' is a good likeness PG!
ReplyDeleteIt's very humid John. There's a not at all PC children's story called 'Little Black Sambo' where the tiger (the baddy) goes round and round in circles and ends up as a little pool of butter. That's me :-O
I used to listen to that story on the radio on Sunday mornings many years ago :o}<
ReplyDeleteThat's just the kind of heat we have here right now. But my furnace of a husband keeps the indoor air so cold, there is no sleeping naked for us!
ReplyDeleteMaybe he'd have better luck if he didn't keep it so dang cold :-)
I well remember that illustration from LBS!
Oooh, I didn't know that others would know LBS. Thought it would be well discredited. But that pool of butter so well illustrates how I was feeling!
ReplyDeleteMeant to say 'hehe' to your second para!!!
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ReplyDeleteRe: LBS, it was definitely discredited in the 60s & 70s due to stereotypical title character and visual characterization---which I could see at the time, and never ever used it in the classroom---but I do remember it from my childhood, primarily for the illustration you referenced, and for the way my mother read it. I think it later came back into favor for its literary value about Indian (not African) culture, but it was still often interpreted as offensive to African-Americans, though there was nothing "American" about it. I always played it safe and avoided it. I don't know what the current thinking is in the world of children't literature.
Ah, that is interesting to know. (Mum never allowed me to read Enid Blyton for similar-ish reasons). But I had a gollywog (called Gonny) whom I loved very much and still have!!!
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