The Weather Gods are at it again...having mizzled us all into thinking summer was nearly here - if not actually here..everyone relaxed and sun-bathed. Plants woke up and started their usual summer cycle, putting out flowers, starting fruits, growing more densely. Possibly this was the third year running that the Perigord had such a warm May.
Someone pointed out that this May was the driest since that of 2020, a mathmatically minded commentator observed that there was 45% less humidity...Gloomsters suggested that the likelihood of warmer summers would also increase the likelihood of forest fires....
Here at La Chaise I am not too worried even though our house is firmly in a woodland glen, all around the wood appears of have been cleared. The blight on chestnut trees of the last couple of years had something to do with his.
Now we are in June - and on its second day the Weather Gods threw an ice-storm with hail, lashing rains and winds.. Guess where? Yes - on the vinyards of the Bergeracois and Langedoc...
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