Hot

Today is hot. "Subtropical" is how the weather man on Dutch TV classified it for the evening news. Even the missus was tempered in her usual energy and drive, sitting down for a bit throughout the day.

Inside we again do the meditarranean thing in closing down the blinds on the sunny side (where the coaltits have left their nest so no danger there any more). There's a marked difference with past years in that the roof is now insulated. The house stays cool instead of being baked by a sun on a concrete roof. That alone is worth the insulation.