Summer has been on our mind a considerable amount recently, mainly, I suspect, due to the fact that it is here and it is a hot one. That is until today. Having lived in the Alpujarras almost six years now we are getting to know what to expect of the weather: that Autumn will unfold slowly and beautifully with warm weather lingering into November; early December will see the first real snow fall and start of the ski season; mid Winter will probably be mild with stunningly clear blue sky days; late winter will bring snow and or rain; Spring will be delightful but with some surprises; and Summer will be long and hot. However, one of our elderly neighbours, he who we meet at the crack of dawn on our watering days, maintains that on or around the 15th August the weather will change and there will be a day or two of rain. This year, along with many of the previous, he is right. Yesterday the clouds gathered, during the night we heard the thunder rumble and today we enjoyed the rain as it fell in showers. Now it is sunny once more, and tomorrow the long hot summer will return, but what a welcome respite this has been for us - although I think it came as an unwelcome surprise for our English guests, Kyle and Lizzie, who are happily escaping the rather wet 'barbeque summer' in the UK. The couple from Madrid that are also staying at Cortijo Opazo seem perfectly content with the fact that it is cooler here than in the oven that their home city becomes in summer.
And speaking of Kyle and Lizzie, Ella and I send our congratulations and best wishes to them on hearing they had become engaged - to each other - on their first night here. What a romantic spot we must have. I imagine the tall ones also extend their felicitations.
Kyle made reference to an old friend of his who has been asked to be the best man but I wonder if he acted too hastily and has neglected to consider the sense of decorum that a Dachshund could bring to such a role and such an occasion.
Yours, with speech prepared,
Fergus
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