How the weather affects us

I can tolerate extremes in temperature except for very high humidity which makes me very irritable and unplesant to be around.
 

Very nice photos Merlin, good view there! Where I live it's sunny many days of the year, but not too hot usually. I can be happy with all seasons, each one has a special feel of it's own. I love the rain and overcast days, but that's probably because we rarely get long stretches of them. I don't like the heat, so I couldn't live in hot sunny places and be happy.
 

Lon said:
That's an interesting church or cathedral in the foreground Merlin, What's the history?
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Yes Lon its a very famous building history wise, details here if you are interested http://www.worcestercathedral.co.uk/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester_Cathedral


"Built between 1084 and 1504, Worcester Cathedral represents every style of English architecture from Norman to Perpendicular Gothic. It is famous for its Norman crypt and unique chapter house, its unusual Transitional Gothic bays, its fine woodwork and its "exquisite" central tower,[SUP][1][/SUP] which is of particularly fine proportions.[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP]
The cathedral's west facade appeared, with a portrait of Sir Edward Elgar, on the reverse of £20 note issued by the Bank of England between 1999 and 2007"

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Great photos Merlin.:)

Temperature here today has been 71F, the hotter the better for me.:)
 
I plan to work in the garden tomorrow, just hope there is no breeze/wind........................as you can guess I am a fair weather gardener.:laugh:
 
Yep me too Merlin...............that is the best of being retired you can take all the time you want.:grin:
 
I don't do anything in our garden except take photos. I'm married to my gardener. ;) On a nice day he can spend hours and hours working on it.

Impatiently waiting for temps to at least hit 60 as I am itching to go for a long ride on my bike.
 
Ameriscot said:
Thailand was very far down our list of places to visit. But in Jan 2014 my DH's niece who lives in Australia had her wedding there. Her husband is Australian but also half Thai and most of his relatives still live in Thailand. Besides that, having a wedding on Thai beach appealed to them.

The wedding was on the island of Koh Samui. We enjoyed ourselves so much that before we left to come home we looked around at places we'd like to stay for a longer trip and booked a bungalow in a small community near the beach. We stayed there this past Dec and Jan. Before leaving we booked for 3 months this coming winter, so will be there Dec to end of Feb. We bought a lot of household/personal items while there and were able to store them at no charge for our return trip.

What do we love about it? Well, besides the weather, the Thai people who are very friendly and peaceful people. All Buddhists of course. Love the food which is very healthy. I love all the Buddhist temples and the interesting culture. Bargaining at the outdoor markets. Every restaurant we ate at was outdoors, and we preferred the beachfront ones. Loved swimming in the pool and in the sea as the water is very warm. Pretty beaches and clear water. For some reason we only kayaked once, but this time we are buying an inflatable tandem kayak and taking it with us.
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It sounds a lot like Cambodia and Vietnam Annie, where the people are gentle and mainly Buddhist as far as I could tell, the food was delicious as well. Lisa and I discussed a similar plan to yours, but unfortunately because she still works we can't go for more than a month, and that sometimes involves juggling students and timetables.

We have Indonesia and Sri Lanka planned and a couple of short breaks in Slovakia and Cyprus, so maybe Thailand after that. Our family and her partner, treated my youngest daughter Cathy to a holiday in Thailand in January this year, and she loved it apart from a short time in Phuket, which is evidently a nightmare tourist trap.
 
merlin said:
It sounds a lot like Cambodia and Vietnam Annie, where the people are gentle and mainly Buddhist as far as I could tell, the food was delicious as well. Lisa and I discussed a similar plan to yours, but unfortunately because she still works we can't go for more than a month, and that sometimes involves juggling students and timetables.

We have Indonesia and Sri Lanka planned and a couple of short breaks in Slovakia and Cyprus, so maybe Thailand after that. Our family and her partner, treated my youngest daughter Cathy to a holiday in Thailand in January this year, and she loved it apart from a short time in Phuket, which is evidently a nightmare tourist trap.
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I would love to visit Cambodia, especially to see Angkor Wat. I've heard Phuket is a party island. Our island is very popular and very touristy in places, lots of building going on. We don't stay in crowded areas where there's likely to be partying late into the night. We could get very nice accommodation right on the beach in these areas for less than we pay, but it would not be worth it to us. We stay in a quiet area in a community of about 20 houses and most of the residents are there for a month and some on yearly leases. Some parts of the island are very underdeveloped except for a few expensive hotels. And quiet places and empty beaches can easily be found. We hire a car at our accommodation, so exploring is very easy. There are lots of small islands in Thailand that are not touristy yet.

What areas of Thailand did you daughter enjoy? Tours of the country away from the beaches look very interesting. We spent a few days in Bangkok as I wanted to see the big temples but it was so hot and crowded we didn't even stay in the city itself for an entire day.

I've heard Sri Lanka is lovely.
 
Ameriscot said:
I would love to visit Cambodia, especially to see Angkor Wat. I've heard Phuket is a party island. Our island is very popular and very touristy in places, lots of building going on. We don't stay in crowded areas where there's likely to be partying late into the night. We could get very nice accommodation right on the beach in these areas for less than we pay, but it would not be worth it to us. We stay in a quiet area in a community of about 20 houses and most of the residents are there for a month and some on yearly leases. Some parts of the island are very underdeveloped except for a few expensive hotels. And quiet places and empty beaches can easily be found. We hire a car at our accommodation, so exploring is very easy. There are lots of small islands in Thailand that are not touristy yet.

What areas of Thailand did you daughter enjoy? Tours of the country away from the beaches look very interesting. We spent a few days in Bangkok as I wanted to see the big temples but it was so hot and crowded we didn't even stay in the city itself for an entire day.

I've heard Sri Lanka is lovely.
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Cathy's partner is very into WWII history, so they explored the area around Kanchanaburi, and of of course the famous bridge, they also of course stayed in Bangkok, which though a crazy frenzied place, they did enjoy some of it, and especially being younger the night life and the ladyboys etc.

Yes we were planning to combine a trip to Sri Lanka with southern India, but felt it would be trying to cram in too much, so we decided to do the India trip separately. I do love India and the chaos and the sheer energy of the place, its not everybody's cup of tea, but luckily Lisa fell in love with the place and its people, so we will go back as many times as we can fit in.

The last day on our last trip to India, the hotel manager kindly arranged for some furniture to be put on the lawn so we could enjoy our last Indian beer;
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Our driver who took us everywhere, and was a wonderful guide and became a friend.

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Nice photos, Merlin. You two make a lovely couple. I wouldn't mind visiting India but my DH has no interest. Our list of places to visit is very long anyway.

Most of the wedding party and guests a year ago had a long stopover in Bangkok and all of them loved it. We didn't include it. So this last trip we did. We stayed at the airport hotel for 3 nights. We only did one trip into Bangkok centre. It was 36C and the grand palace and emerald Buddha temple complex was absolutely mobbed. I would not be exaggerating to say there were tens of thousands of people there. We could not wait to get out. We skipped the other two temples I wanted to see and skipped taking a boat taxi on the river. Went back to the hotel and jumped in the pool!

I'm very interested in Buddhism and practice off and on, so this is a bonus for me while staying in Thailand.

I can start a thread in the photography forum for Asia. I'll post some of my Thailand photos. Maybe you can share some more from India?
 
Here in Texas, we are getting a break from the extreme drought, we've had an abundance of rain, my yard is looking like a jungle, everything is lush and green and that makes me happy.

Going through months and months without rain in 100 degree heat, watching mature trees die
is most definitely depressing.
 
Jackie22 said:
Here in Texas, we are getting a break from the extreme drought, we've had an abundance of rain, my yard is looking like a jungle, everything is lush and green and that makes me happy.

Going through months and months without rain in 100 degree heat, watching mature trees die
is most definitely depressing.
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I guess I shouldn't complain about our wet climate as it's always lush and green. We call it a drought when we don't have rain for two weeks.
 
Ameriscot said:
I'm very interested in Buddhism and practice off and on, so this is a bonus for me while staying in Thailand.

I can start a thread in the photography forum for Asia. I'll post some of my Thailand photos. Maybe you can share some more from India?
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Sounds like a good idea Annie I was wondering where to post some photos of India :)

Regarding Buddhism its the only faith I can readily accept, though even then I wouldn't join the club so to speak. I tend to live my life as much as I can by the general creeds of all religions, which are all basically the same anyway.
I am generally against all organised religion, I seem to remember many moons ago Ram Dass quoting something like "God gave humans the truth, and the devil came and said, 'Let's give it a name and call it religion'."
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Did you see the Bertolucci film "Little Buddha" it didn't get particularly good reviews, but I loved it!
 
merlin said:
Sounds like a good idea Annie I was wondering where to post some photos of India :)

Regarding Buddhism its the only faith I can readily accept, though even then I wouldn't join the club so to speak. I tend to live my life as much as I can by the general creeds of all religions, which are all basically the same anyway.
I am generally against all organised religion, I seem to remember many moons ago Ram Dass quoting something like "God gave humans the truth, and the devil came and said, 'Let's give it a name and call it religion'."
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Did you see the Bertolucci film "Little Buddha" it didn't get particularly good reviews, but I loved it!
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What I love about Buddhism is that they aren't judgmental and you don't have to 'sign up' like in religion. You can take what you need from it and you can combine it with your own religions if you have one since Buddhism has no deity. I'm not religious but wouldn't call myself atheist either. I try to practice meditation and mindfulness, and I've read many books by Thich Nhat Hanh. Saw him in London a couple of years ago to listen to him speak and then later for a group meditation in Trafalgar Square.

Haven't seen the film. I'll look for it.

I'll upload some photos now and call the album Asia photos. Then I need to get off my behind and go wash some windows. :)
 
This is a link to an online video of the film Annie http://is.gd/FbQp6y I particularly love the last 10 minutes, the combination of the music and the closing scenes is very moving.

This is the original track from the film, but YouTube has removed all film clips under copyright rules some time ago. Its called "Acceptance" and moved me to tears when I watched the film in the cinema back in the '90s

 
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