Tag Archives: Sunshine

Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge Day One: Hot Stuff

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

Delighted to accept the Five Photos, Five Stories challenge when invited first by Irene and then by Norah, I’m looking forward to at long last joining in. The challenge as follows: ‘Post a photo each day for five consecutive days … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Memoirs, Flash Fiction, My California, Photo/Story Challenges | Tagged 99 Word Flash Fiction, California, England, Family Memoirs, Five Photo Five Stories Challenge, Heat, Heatwave, Las Vegas, Summer, Sunshine | 67 Comments

Of Mad Dogs & Englishmen & A Very British Heatwave

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

So the heat continues to rise here in the UK, and it is hot! On Saturday the thermometer in our garden read just over 38 degrees centigrade (100 degrees farenheit) in the sun! Now that is hot! Of course, being … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Current Affairs, Family Life, Musings, My California, Photos | Tagged beach, British Weather, California, Crete, dry heat, Heat wave, humidity, Musings, Noel Coward, Photos of beach, Summer, Sunbathing, Sunshine, Thermometer readings, video games | 30 Comments

It’s Too Hot Even For My Cats…& That’s Hot!

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

You know it’s too hot here when even my two cats can’t take the heat! Normally Maisy, my 11-year-old grey & white tabby (she of the barometer ears which go blue when it is cold and red when it is … Continue reading →

Posted in CATalogue, Current Affairs | Tagged cats, Heat, Photos of Cats, Summer, Sunshine | 11 Comments

Time for the Rose

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

The Met Office has recently announced that here in the UK we have just had the coldest spring in 50 years. Well, I don’t think it took a formal announcement to make that clear and we will certainly all be … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Life, Garden Snippets, Musings, Nature & Wildlife | Tagged British Weather, English Gardens, Gardening, hope, joy, Musings, New Life, Patience, Photos of Roses, Rambling Rose, Rewards, Spring, Sunshine, Time | 15 Comments

My Cats & My Robin Enjoyed the Sunshine – How About You?

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

It is funny how things change in life. From the age of ten, I grew up in a village in rural Suffolk and so spent many-a-day running across fields, walking in the nearby woods, climbing trees and such. Of course, … Continue reading →