Today we had a couple of firsts thanks to the current hot weather (so hot that I have barely been outside today - great day for weeding except that you don't really want to be doing anything when it's so hot.
You miught think that I should be used to it working in Libya - I am but then I don't work outside manually in Libya - I'm in front of a computer screen for around 8 hours a day in a (poorly) air-conditioned office so I'm used to the heat but not he work in the heat.
In mo0st tropical countries you styay out of the sun as much as possible and in the middle of the day you sleep (preferably) or at least suit down in the shade. That's the way it is in Fiji, Angola, and Libya. That's part of the reason everyone wakes up so early -0 at the crack of dawn - so that you can get your work done before it gets too hot and then have a lonnnnng lunch before going out for a few more hours in the late afternoon when it starts to cool off.
However in Scotland I'm in (my) Northern European mode learnt in the winter - sleep late in the nice warm bed then work in the warmest part of the day when the caffiene starts taking effect, work through the afternoon and especially in the early evening when your mmuscles are all loosened up and it doesn't seem worth going in as you are so busy outside. Unfortunately if you wake up late, then can't work in the heat of the sun, then you don't really start work until 3 or 4 in the afternoon - a day such as today or the weekends in Tripoli - very bad - a lot of time wasted but enjoyabble...
Oh yeah - first lily of the year and first Calendula Offinalis - marigolds.
And just because it's the 4th July I'll throw in an added freebie picture for no real reason - pansies going great in the tubs here. Even the ones I grew from seed this year are doing okay (not that there are many of them).
