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Christel's Diary

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23 June 2012

3 instead of 2

Mid June we were struck by unbearable heat. It was like living in a furnace. The fans were making it worse as they were blowing hot air. In the house the temperature rse to a record high of 37 degrees Celsius and outside it was well over 40. The worst was the hot wind blowing from the East.

During 3 days we were suffering, drinking as much water as possible and not feeling like eating much.

Then the wind changed and clouds started appearing, temperature dropped and a storm passed by.

We are feeling comfortable with 30 degrees in the house and with the freshness of the nights cooling everything a few degrees more until the midday sun warms things up again.

The fans are useful again, but no need for them. We adjusted to worse conditions or were in the process of doing so.

Some plants in the garden need to recover. Other plants such as the tomato plants have grown withmany flowers. Some green tomatoes will soon become red.

Another umbrella shaped shadow tree has collapsed. These trees keep growing as from March. After a few years the big branches become so heavy that when strong winds keep blowing through the leaves for many days, they fall apart.

This is very unfortunate for the turtle doves living in them. They have to move.

A few monhs ago I notices tha 1 of the pair that is living in our garden seemed to have disappeared. Its partner was crying out for many hours every day. Then the calling stopped and I saw them flying together again, into and out of the shadow trees.

Yesterday I was surprised to see 3 of them. 1 is smaller than the other 2 which leads me to believe that it is a young one that left the recently. That would be the first. I never noticed any offspring before.

Definitely something that needs more observation.

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