Cape Town continues to bake in this Indian Summer. It's been 28 degrees for three or four days and we have to sleep with the thinnest duvet and all the windows open, letting in hordes of mosquitoes (I suspect I may have found the source of those - a dinghy at the back of the house is filled with water after the previous week's heavy rains!) and keeping us awake with their buzzing as they home in on a tasty cheek or finger! Last night we even resorted to spraying them - desperate times call for desperate measures. Needless to say, Mango Kitty and the dogs weren't impressed and went to lie in the lounge while the air cleared.
Today and for the next three days it will be 35 degrees, cooling slightly on Sunday and Monday to 32 and further on Tuesday to 27, with some variety of rain on Wednesday and Thursday at 26, so probably thundershowers. This is not the kind of weather we expect at this time of year, and 35 is pretty excessive no matter when. This may be attributed to global warming, which I believe to be a natural earthly cycle which would have happened without the help of all the cows and pollution.
And speaking of cows, why should the gases they emit be focused on as a big culprit. There are more humans on the planet than cows (?) and it would be a lie to say they don't emit plenty of gas on their own. Maybe there should be a little less consumption of beans and lentils, cabbage and brussels sprouts? Perhaps these gases could be harnessed for fuel purposes? I seem to remember reading that this was a possibility.
In the meantime, Mango Kitty, Monty, Susie and I are unable to cavort playfully in this oppressive heat, and will just have to close the curtains to keep out the sun and doze until sunset.
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