That's right - Ireland is in the midst of a heat wave. It was nearly 80 degrees (F) yesterday. It NEVER gets above 80 degrees in Dublin. Ok, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but the recent temperatures have been the warmest in Ireland in the last seven years. For the first time ever, the weather forecaster here (Met Eireann) had an orange weather alert for heat, as opposed to wind or rain or something lousy. In fact, the high temperature at Shannon airport in the west was 29.4 degrees (C) - 85 degrees F!
We've tried to take advantage of the nice weather. LBJ got out our hammocks, as between us we have three. We lived in Kentucky for six years and never got them out, mainly due to a lack of good trees and too many mosquitos in the back yard (don't worry, though, we had a lovely front swing on the porch that was just fine, at least until all four of us sat in it and pulled the hook out of the ceiling. Fortunately, our handyman was able to put in another hook).
We even moved the dinner table outside for some al fresco dining - at dinner time! This is unheard of, people! And, the best bit - there are no mosquitos in Ireland. At least for the moment. Who knows what global warming will bring.
We've tried to spend as much time as possible outside, and I've practically run out of summer clothes (as I moved so few from Kentucky). The good weather has already been here a few days and is scheduled to last through the week - over a week of sunny weather with highs in the 70s. It's nirvana (insert "smells like teen spirit" joke here).
Here is photographic evidence of the fine weather:
We've tried to take advantage of the nice weather. LBJ got out our hammocks, as between us we have three. We lived in Kentucky for six years and never got them out, mainly due to a lack of good trees and too many mosquitos in the back yard (don't worry, though, we had a lovely front swing on the porch that was just fine, at least until all four of us sat in it and pulled the hook out of the ceiling. Fortunately, our handyman was able to put in another hook).
We even moved the dinner table outside for some al fresco dining - at dinner time! This is unheard of, people! And, the best bit - there are no mosquitos in Ireland. At least for the moment. Who knows what global warming will bring.
We've tried to spend as much time as possible outside, and I've practically run out of summer clothes (as I moved so few from Kentucky). The good weather has already been here a few days and is scheduled to last through the week - over a week of sunny weather with highs in the 70s. It's nirvana (insert "smells like teen spirit" joke here).
Here is photographic evidence of the fine weather:
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| Just another summer day in Dublin |
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