I was driving home from the bodega at about 6pm yesterday evening, the temperature gauge in my car showing an outside temperature of 27°C (81°C). Wow, it’s hotter than July, I thought to myself, and this this week that could very well be true. On Monday afternoon the mercury hit 29°C (84°C), and has remained at that level all week. This is in complete contrast to a week ago, when our bodega was in danger of being washed away after a day or two of non-stop, torrential rain. Of course, now that we are busy working inside the bodega, with the fruit safely gathered in, the temperature and rainfall holds much less significance to us, but it’s still an indicator of how unpredictable our weather is, or has become in recent years. When I finally arrived home it was just like summer – people of the beach, and supper prepared on the barbecue!

By the way, when I mentioned ‘hotter than July’ I immediately thought of the Stevie Wonder album of that name (I could even picture the album cover), and then it occurred to me…. there’s probably a few (younger) people reading this post who might well be thinking ‘Stevie who?’

I was driving home from the bodega at about 6pm yesterday evening, the temperature gauge in my car showing an outside temperature of 27°C (81°C). Wow, it’s hotter than July, I thought to myself, and this this week that could very well be true. On Monday afternoon the mercury hit 29°C (84°C), and has remained at that level all week. This is in complete contrast to a week ago, when our bodega was in danger of being washed away after a day or two of non-stop, torrential rain. Of course, now that we are busy working inside the bodega, with the fruit safely gathered in, the temperature and rainfall holds much less significance to us, but it’s still an indicator of how unpredictable our weather is, or has become in recent years. When I finally arrived home it was just like summer – people of the beach, and supper prepared on the barbecue!

By the way, when I mentioned ‘hotter than July’ I immediately thought of the Stevie Wonder album of that name (I could even picture the album cover), and then it occurred to me…. there’s probably a few (younger) people reading this post who might well be thinking ‘Stevie who?’