Guess who arrived 2 days and 8 hours ago?
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That's it. Mr S...
I wanted to write about his arrival right on that day when he showed up, but as he will anyway stay with us for the next three months, I thought there was no hurry to announce it right away. Today is also a good day for that.
Though I must admit that our visitor was a bit impatient. As a little revenge for skipping the announcement of his arrival, he made a little mischief with me today. He heated up the temperature in the kitchen so extremely that the piece of chocolate I was about to break off melted between my fingers the second I touched it. Well, I thought, I shouldn't even eat chocolate because I've been sick to my stomach for most of last week. The only food that I could digest without much pain was plain yoghurt and rice crackers. And so on for days until I felt a little better over the weekend. To vary it a bit, I made some apple compote (fake compote as I omitted sugar...) and put it in the fridge.
Actually, I can recommend it for these hot days while Mr Su... is here; it is so refreshing to eat chilled compote boiled apples, like eating natural ice cream but made from only one ingredient. Apples.
What is not made from just one ingredient are cocktails. With or without alcohol (maybe better without), in any case, they are a good complement when you meet someone to chit-chat or spend time together. Mr Sum... will certainly make sure that you have a little more time for that because the days are quite long and the time for socialising naturally imposes itself. I have a few pending meetings with some people from the same profession as me, and right now, as I am writing this post, we are trying to figure out the place where to meet and talk about the music scene in the area where we live and work. I suggested the place where one can have exactly this kind of refreshment.
I hope that I won't need a hand fan when I meet those other pianists in a few days, that the night when we meet will be nice and cool, and that we will agree in our conversations because we are here to collaborate and help each other. Regardless of that, Mr Summ... made me search for this fan yesterday afternoon. Last August, when we had the monthly theme in the Hive Collectors Community about handheld fans, I couldn't find this one. It usually happens when I make those posts about collections, I usually find the missing pieces of the collections later...
Luckily, I had some fans in that post that I bought for my mom and mother-in-law as gifts... Btw, I still don't know whether we will travel to see them in the next two months or not. Usually, Mr Summe... offers us that time to travel and visit our families. It depends on a certain health situation that needs to be resolved, and maybe we should travel to another country where our son might go on Erasmus... Time will tell.
What is certain is that these places where one can find water and pebbles/rocks/sand are here for us. Mr Summer is a steady visitor year by year, and he definitely knows how to arrange the weather for going to the beach, although sometimes he is a bit overdoing it with high temperatures like these last few days. But that is fine, it is his time to shine and show his power.
The Summer Vibes community was born last summer, kind of unexpectedly and without any particular plan. I don't do challenges or weekly/monthly topics here... but since we are all about summer, any summer-related topic is welcome if you want to use the community.
As I wrote in my first Summer Vibes post last year:
...we can share our thoughts, feelings, habits, pleasures, experiences, trips to the beaches or rivers, summer concerts, walks, ideas for summer lunches, your plans for the summer, books you want to read this summer, your favourite summer songs, movies you watch on late summer evenings but also frustrations about the heat! Everything is legit.
I’m glad you’re on speaking terms with Mr. S, because I’m not sure that I am!
This may not be hot for Spain but I consider 32°C too toasty in my un-air-conditioned flat. 🥵
At least if I were at your house, I could lie down on that gorgeous cool marble floor that you have!! in fact, I feel better just thinking about it.
That's a flat for me then hahaha as who I am not in speaking terms with is exactly the air-conditioning haha
Ok, sometimes it is needed but now as I finished the post I came out to the balcony to enjoy the pleasant 35°C with breeze 😉
You are welcome to our home - I washed the floor this morning so it is completely safe for laying down on it ;)
A cold drink and a fan are two great companions when Summer comes to visit. Nice photos. Enjoy summer time.
They are good companions, indeed. Thank you @beaescribe and I wish the same to you 😇
Good afternoon @mipiano... summer arrived before I did... how fast!
Yes, summer is a great season... with vacations, conversations with friends, and as you say, a factory of beautiful memories... maybe I'll post in the community... summer deserves it.
Big hug!!
Good evening once again, @enraizar. It doesn't matter who arrived first, and yeah, I see you arrived with a post too. That's cool, I am going to thoroughly read it now, I have been at a concert in a square 🎶
That sounds great! 😊 @mipiano, I'm sure you had a wonderful time. I understand you were there as a listener and not as a pianist... although I tend to imagine you playing the piano... 🎹
Yes, this time I was a listener; some colleagues played. I took just one photo today, from the rehearsal before the concert started, my phone battery was at 5% as I forgot to recharge it last night
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In a few days, we will play here with the school students. :)
WoW!! 😮 What a great place to play and listen to music... it's a palace... I'm so glad you're playing there. 😀
Thanks, I am looking forward to it, though I still have to practice some pieces 🤦♀😅
Two weeks ago, we played in another square, a much smaller one but I like it more. Sorry for the yellow smiling faces, they are children that I don't want to expose
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Tomorrow, another one with students, but inside. Last week also had a concert with other students. June is a month full of music 😂
Mr. S and I have never got on well so we just try to pass in the hall without speaking as I wait for Ms. A to arrive in September and sweep me off my feet again. Feel better!
I hope Mr Summer behaves well and leaves in no time, so September arrives quickly for you 😉
Today I visited some lagoons on the outskirts of the city, at the mouth of a river, and I was near the sea... I looked around and there were little rocks everywhere, and it was only then that I realised it was summer!!! Welcome, summer!! I won’t be able to go to the beach for a while, as my mum’s having an operation on Thursday, but once it’s all over I’ll go and look for rocks and take lots of photos!
The beach can wait. The first and most important is your mom's health, I know you will have to take care of her. I wish her all the best with this surgery! 🙏
The beach will still be there, ha ha ha. My mum’s really looking forward to seeing with both eyes and getting a sense of depth. Thanks!💞
That is what is important!! 😇
Y buenos días, feliz miércoles 🐝
Igual para vos!! Que tengas un día espectacular!😘
The hot temperatures are going to be right around the corner I think. I wish they would hold off a bit longer, but I guess we don't have a ton of control over it.
Nope, no control, it is all how Mr Summer decides to play with the temperatures 😂
It seems that summer is very hot everywhere...but also nice and lovely to enjoy outdoor activities!!
Yes, and also there are more outdoor concerts and exhibitions as well :))
The far less popular cousin of Mr S has arrived too. Alas, Prague is not really the place to be in the company of Mr Heatwave :))
Mr Heatwave should lower his potent demonstration a bit!!! 😁
Mr Summer is making quite an entry this year... temps are creeping towards the 40s up here 🥵
Oh, boy... towards 40°? 🤐
It's 35 right now on my balcony but there is a breeze so I enjoy it (after freezing down in the air-conditioned room 😅)
38 and hardly any breeze yesterday... today was ok but the weekend looks dreadful!
Oh, Saturday indeed doesn't look nice...😬
My place:
Are you sure we didn't switch places?
hahaha... yeah... lots of things are a bit upside down lately 🤪
I'm going way up north in the country next weekend for the yearly extravaganza, usually it's still cozy sweater weather during the nights up there... not this time though, same scorching heat 700km northwards... sheesh
Yeah, I see... you are already sweating, as your avatar shows 🤪
In any case, have a good trip next weekend! The positive side - less clothes to pack.
hmm is your son going to Rotterdam ? MR S. has made his rude introduction here too although so far we still managed to stay under 40 degrees celcius it's still way to hot for me .
Not Rotterdam, though a visit to Holland is also somewhere in our mind.
Mr Summer is just too excited that he could arrive, so we must understand these temperatures. But fingers crossed he starts to behave better at your place and lowers the temperatures 🤞
since you mentioned Erasmus , we have an Erasmus bridge and University in Rotterdam :)
I suggested him to try in The Netherlands but he didn't want because he has to fit into a more or less limited budget
student housing is also hard to find here and you pay top dollar for limited space
Ahahahahh, me never knowing when summer start was like who is that maaaaan, hmmm 😊😆
The steady visitor who I guess also arrived at your place 😉
I'm sorry you've been ill. It's terrible to deal with stomach problems especially during terrible heat. You reminded me of our good old homemade kompót 😍 and that I have a fan myself somewhere, but rather turn on the air conditioning 😉
Mr. Summer (although I don't know why you made it mister, why not Miss Summer), is torturing us too, but we have a little rain each day and the temperature cools down for the night. But this ends this week, then we're cooked 😆
Yesterday, while talking to my mom, we also mentioned pear kompót, and we also like to prepare it from meggy or birsalma 🤤. Ja, és szedtek sok piszkét az idén - lesz piszke lekvár!
I don't know why Mister and not Miss, no special reason, maybe to vary a bit. Sometimes I call it she, other times he, or just it. Summer is all genders in one 😂
I heard it will be a hot weekend! Take care, and some cold alma kompót without sugar could come in handy as refreshment :)