Sunny Ridge Strawberries from Victoria Market. Fabulously sweet with a soft but firm bite. Vyanne bought a punnet and I tried one. I got her to go get another punnet as these were too delicious to eat only a few. We do get some pretty nice fruit runs throughout the year. December and January you get cherries and stone fruit in abundance. November to January you get mangoes in abundance. The fruits are now cheap and taste extra good. Once all this ends, you’d be stuck with apples, oranges, pears and bananas for the rest of the year.

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Just got back from a swim, trying to escape the sweltering heat that will continue to afflict us for the next few days. It’s supposedly a top of 42 degrees Celsius on Monday and the authorities are preparing for the worst for those in dry, high fire risk areas. On the other hand, the mercury is way down in the opposite hemisphere. I’ve seen photos from friends who posted pictures of frozen rivers and the heavy snow fall in Europe is all over the news. I first read about using salt to clear roadways (Chicago has the most terrible winters) while I was in NYC passing through winter and the snow is so heavy that the UK government is worried that they’d run out of adequate salt to clear the roadways. Gas also needs to be rationed as everyone has turned up their heater to keep warm this winter. 42 degree heat is bad enough, but I don’t think anything beats minus 20 to 40 degrees ice and snow. I’m ok with tolerating heat, it just makes you lethargic and tired. The cold on the other hand, makes you feel miserable if you can’t keep warm enough. I do wonder about global warming and its effects on the human population of the world and it seems that it’s only getting worse as the years progress.