Tough days ahead.

It doesn't make sense, as people die in heatwaves and here, we battle with the cold.
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The weather is out of control worldwide, not only are wildfires destroying everything in their way, but over here we are struggling with destructive flooding and cold. We heard on the radio that a young rugby player in Europe died from sunstroke, so things are really bad with the heatwaves.
The cold fronts over here also seem to be never ending. Just when we think they are done, at last, another one appears, and by now it feels never ending.

I have given you an idea in the photos here of what an arriving cold front looks like on the mountains. The wind blows the clouds across the mountains at high speeds, and everything around feels frozen. The blossoms on the trees tell another story, as they thought that Spring season had arrived, and now in the cold they will be sure to be damaged or blown off by icy cold winds.

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Only the crows fly in this weather, and the small birds in our garden fill themselves up with seeds before they disappear into the dense trees to hide from the cold. It is the same with the bees, as they buzz around collecting pollen while they feed also on the nectar. But there is not much for them because some flowers close when the sun is not shining.
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Finally, I close with this nice and cold picture.
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Our house has no air vents in the walls, and it feels like we are sitting in a fridge when we work here in the study. We don't have any heaters as they make us sick, so, my wife sits in front of her PC with a blanket over her and I just tough it out. We dress like Eskimos down here and in Europe people get rid of their extra clothing due to the heat waves. Sheer madness, methinks.
Such is life.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

Until next time, cheers!



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It's been a very strange summer here in Minnesota. The heat/humidity has been off the charts since early June and we've had virtually no rain. Now as we ease into August (which is typically our hottest month) the weather is forecasted to be trending cooler. Meteorologists are saying summers here in the upper midwest will arrive and end sooner making August's weather more like September's. That certainly does seem to be what's happening.

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I think that the weather forecasters have a battle on their hands to read the weather. Maybe they have your ones right, and it also sounds that things can change at any moment. We have the same battles here trying to read the weather. Our official spring season starts on the first day of September, but now it seems to have already started now in early August.

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Funny how much people complain abouth weather change but take little action balance out their existence in Nature

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Oh yeah, it is a real problem that will have to be resolved sooner rather than later.

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We had an unseasonable amount of rain this Summer; which was very welcome. This is the second one in a row that’s been very mild compared to how it can get. The past couple of weeks it has warmed up with this week being the hottest yet. We’re close to Fall and so it’s already starting to ease off.

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Two days ago, we had rain in Spain... The last one that I remember was back at the beginning of May! Since then, I think that the temperature hasn't gone below 31-32 Degrees Celsius, but has hit 40 a couple of times...

A few decades ago, it was hot here too, but not like this... Because of that, people built houses with 0 insulation, as the temperature was "pleasant"... I suppose something similar is happening at your place... Homes aren't prepared for "extremes" (heat or cold)... Freezing in winter, boiling in the summer...

Btw, nice shots of clouds over (or under 🙂) mountains! Love it!


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Wow, 31-32 sounds like African weather, and at times it can also go above 40.

You are right, as the houses were indeed built with no insulation, and double glazed windows. So, the house is either a fridge, or an oven according to the extremes.

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