On the one hand, OMG gorgeous hot day out there, loving that!
On the other hand, I heard from my friend Bec, who is a meteorologist currently researching in the Arctic region. Uh yeah, Bec is a massive overachiever who puts all the rest of us to shame. She went to space camp in sixth form. Uh anyway....
I asked her "can you see the ice melting, or is global warming really a myth?"
She replies: "But global warming most definitely exists - the research I'm doing will hopefully come in useful for understanding that. When I was up there in July, they had the hottest temperature in 60 years of recording the weather at the weather station there (20.7 degrees). It was also the first time that the north-west passage has opened completely, with the minimum sea ice record broken by lots! It's scary stuff, thats for sure.
It makes me sad to think that the places that I love won't still be around (at least not the way I know them!) by the time our kids are old enough to adventure there."
A little first hand account, obviously not too much detail but there you have it.
In other news I managed to track down advent calendars with actual pictures behind the windows instead of crappy chocolate! Whitcoulls have a whole range of them!
I am currently powering through Mississippi Jack and loving it to pieces. The character of Jack Faber is just so appealing in all her show-off, flirty, break the rules charm. Plus the author is really good at making the guys very attractive....heh.
Should do some more proof reading or craft. Our house had another open home today but so far there have been no offers. Plenty of interest, but no offers. Le sigh.
PoF: hardly anything! It's really warm!
CO: stuff to do