August Heat and August Moon

August Heat and August Moon

 

 

 

 

 

August Heat

From theguardian.com, ‘Lifestyle’ page, and posted by ‘Invisible Woman’
A page I love reading. Today’s topic was

‘How hot are you and what do you do to keep your cool?

She always writes well and amusingly, this time about coping with the heat as an ‘older’ woman,

‘Sweating is one of those things that we just don’t talk about, but put hot flushes together with a summer heat-wave and it’s something many of us have to worry about.’ And she offers a great number of hints, recipes and suggestions. I've not yet tried putting my PJs or underwear in the freezer, but am considering it!



Picture accompanying article from Internet



 

Me, feeling VERY hot and sitting on our terrace



Heat in Lemnos

Today my husband informed me it would be one degree hotter than yesterday but then the temperature for the rest of the week would be 28! It was sweet of him and I know that he is trying to please me, knowing I do not like the hot weather! However I have looked up the BBC Weather Report and know the weather for Lemnos will be 32 today, then the next few days it will be 33, 31, 34, 32.

 
The temperatures on the island are usually steady and only gradually change from month to month. We tend to say it won’t cool down until after August 15. So I await any slow cooling down of the weather.

I’m managing with our air-conditioned bedroom where we set the temperature at 27, so we can sleep. And, I organize the day by doing garden work and house work early, and taking a walk or going for a swim before 10 o’clock. So this year it has been much easier to cope here.  

Meanwhile I’ve just had a phone call from Australia where in Melbourne they are ‘enjoying’ one of their coldest winters. A neighbour phoned to tell me that her lawn was white with frost every morning this past week, and although it rarely snows in Melbourne they had a light sprinkling of snow!

Rather a shock for my grandchildren who were recently here swimming in warm seas, and had to return to school, and heavy jumpers.



Grand daughters in Lemnos

Grandaughter in Melbourne dressed for the cold in a onsie and hat.

 Aegean Islands

 

Average August temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
84	69	Limnos	29	20
82	71	Milos	28	22
86	71	Mytilini	30	21
80	72	Naxos	27	22
87	73	Rhodes (Rodos)	31	23
90	72	Samos	32	22

Australia, 2 - 10 degrees, Lemnos 28 - 32!


The plusses of Greek heat, sitting by the sea under an umbrella

 Full Moon

There has been some excitement here recently about the full phase of the moon last Sunday. It was about 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) closer to Earth than it is during its farthest point in orbit. On average, the moon circles the Earth from approximately 238,855 miles (384,400 km) away.

"This is the largest, brightest, closest moon in 3.5 years, and it's happening the same hour in which it's full," Slooh Community Observatory astronomer Bob Berman said on the internet. 

This magical August full moon was celebrated across Greece with many museums and Greek archaeological sites staying open until midnight, and presenting various events free of charge on August 10.

 

A picture of the moon from nearby our house in Lemnos