A Lost Budgie

[poliphilo]

There was a bright yellow budgerigar perched on the bathroom window sill yesterday morning. There was no way I could catch it. I noticed the local magpies making a big fuss earlier- and wonder now if it was the budgie they were fussing at. Poor thing. It won't last long- out on its own, exposed to the mercies of an English summer.

We had some imposing weather yesterday afternoon- first thunder and lightning- then a heavy downpour.

I kept waking up last night with David Niven on my mind. He seemed terribly sad. 

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Erm, I really don't know- but I've always thought Frisco was a lot warmer than anywhere in Britain.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

Right now, close to summer solstice here in New England, the high temps this week were in the 60's with intermittent rain and lots of clouds. We had a whole summer like this in 1994 with only occasional hot days, and my then San Francisco daughter told me that we were having a San Francisco summer. Yes, they do get a few hot days out there, but not like southern California. Or even like a real summer here in Boston.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Climate is complicated.

Britain is on roughly the same latitude as New York- but the climate is very different- much less extreme- mainly (I believe) because we benefit from the Gulf Stream- which washes our shores with warm water from the tropics.