I've never understood why folk have central heating rules dictated by the calendar. Mine is dictated by the thermometer.
We never turn ours off. It goes off when the temp goes above its set point and comes on if it drops below, all on its own, no intervention from us at all. All we do is light the fire if it feels very chilly or damp. This is the first year in a long time we didn't light the fire at all in July. But we have done it a couple of times in the last week or so and will today. It's sheeting down and dark and grey, so we'll want it just for the 'cheer up' factor.
The heating being on or the fire being lit doesn't signify autumn for me. It's when the swallows leave.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Autumn seems to be coming a bit early this year.........very odd seeing people in boots, jeans and winter coats in the third week of August! We've lit the fire a couple of evenings last week........the weather has indeed been very strange this year.
Autumn normally arrives at the start of August here - you can feel the change in the air. This year - it was later, probably because it was unnaturally warm at the start of August.
The rowans were fully 'berried up' as normal at the beginning of the month though. Our shops had last Christmas's left over tat in them several weeks ago too. Candles and bath stuff and sh*t.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Our weather usually picks up at this time of the year and the first couple of weeks in September are usually sunny, coincides with the children going back to school.
It's a wet day here today but not cold about 18C at the moment with a southerly breeze living in the shelter of the Island helps to keep us warmer and drier normally
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
Summer is officially over in this house after the Last Night of the Proms. This year, the house martins are preparing to leave - and that's another sign. But right now, in Mid Devon, it feels like autumn, it's raining like autumn, and the temperature is like autumn. So perhaps it already is autumn!
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The heating being on or the fire being lit doesn't signify autumn for me. It's when the swallows leave.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
This year - it was later, probably because it was unnaturally warm at the start of August.
The rowans were fully 'berried up' as normal at the beginning of the month though.
Our shops had last Christmas's left over tat in them several weeks ago too. Candles and bath stuff and sh*t.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
This year, the house martins are preparing to leave - and that's another sign. But right now, in Mid Devon, it feels like autumn, it's raining like autumn, and the temperature is like autumn. So perhaps it already is autumn!