Enjoying summer in May

It is warm, it is dry, it is ... May.

Yes, summer is still here. The only thing that changes is the temperature. Some days it is really hot with 30C during the day and 18C during the night. On others the day time temperatures reach 25C and the night time temperature drops to 9C. What all the days during the last 3 or more weeks have in common is the blue sky and sunshine. The local farmers are already complaining about the dry April. And they predict very high prices. On the other hand this expanded the asparagus season. The white asparagus can be harvested from maybe May until June 21st. This year the season started in April and I already had my first Germany asparagus.

The other thing I wonder is: why does everything growing on the fields die (same with all plants I planted) while all the weeds will grow and grow and grow? Any answer to that?



May and June in Germany have a lot of holidays on Thursdays. With the 1st of May (our labor day) on a Tuesday that gives a lot of opportunities for long weekends. So was the last one.

One of my friends here in Germany had a birthday party last Saturday and therefore I decided to fly to England on Sunday morning and stay until Tuesday afternoon. That also gave me a very relaxed Saturday. After sleeping in I decided to take my inline skates and drive to the river Rhine in Wesel. This is my favorite place for skating. It is not a round trip, but even so I enjoy going one direction, having a break and going back the same way. Here are some impressions of the area:












Also back to England on Sunday I worked a little bit in the back yard. I planted some flowers and we bought a table and umbrella (as sun protection). And even if it is just a small yard it is good to have some green.

Now I am back to Germany before I will fly to England again tomorrow. Could it be that all my flights cause this unusually dry and warm weather? Here in Germany the CO2 reduction and the climate change is one of the biggest topics during the last weeks. We have one political party who wants to allow a flight to Mallorca (a very popular Spanish island) only every 5 years....
Don't get me wrong, I definitely think we have to act now and I try to do my best (turning off the computer when not needed, avoid using the car whenever possible which also gives me some exercise, etc.) but I really don't want to abandon the weekends in England. One day....