The weather is glorious at the moment. The temperature is up to mid 20’s during the day – and falls dramatically at night. There has been a touch of frost a couple of mornings over the last week. The house is cold though, but what a difference the new windows and a door with glass in it will actually make – and the fires. The window has almost fallen out completely in the front which gives a nice draft!
Well, the reason why I am mentioning this is because I was looking through the old blogs from last year as I was trying to remember when we found Sam. I found that I had commented last year on the weather in November – and on the massive 20+ degree swings in temperature. Every morning we are waking up to see bright blue skies and sunshine on the roof. We’ve not really noticed this quite so much before – but having the bed in the back room we really see what is going on. This will be an extra bonus for when we move into the new bedroom (current kitchen).
The bright blue skies at this time of year actually have a name, they are referred to as ‘Portuguese skies’. I have no idea why. I think this must just be a local thing as I can’t find any reference to it elsewhere. The skies are a deep turquoise, so is this a reference to the color used in Portuguese pottery or is it something to do with the sky over Portugal – don’t know.
I also noticed that our plants are wilting and remembered that I had forgotten to water them . I noticed, when I was reading the blog, that I had done the same last year too! Rain is forecast for next week, however, unfortunately for the weekend which is the annual jumble sale in Elvas in Portugal.