Vain hope

I started my usual seaside walk today but I turned around halfway. I just couldn't handle the hot sun. As winter felt like autumn, it turns out that spring feels already like summer. The news confirms it. Wild fires all over the country, temperatures over 30° Celsius (86° Fahrenheit) and we are still in April.

I think it's time to change my routine into the summer mode, with early morning walks and indoor activities in the noon. I was hoping that spring would be more mild and we would have more hours to enjoy a pleasant sunshine but it was vain hope.

The beach is once more, if not crowded, at least busy and the sea is no longer a privilege for the winter swimmers. I haven't swim yet this year but I suspect it won't be long until I put swimming in my every day schedule. With the last swim of 2023 just after Christmass, it would probably be the smallest winter break I have ever had. And if the weather keeps acting like that, I might as well not stop at all next winter!

At least the plants look all happy and flourishing. After all, it is their time of the year and they seem to be more tolerant than myself in some excess heat :)

Even the prickly pears look lovely with all those new leaves and fruits popping up, under the brilliant sun! I almost felt the urge to caress them but I know better than that. As tender as they look, their prickles can still be very painful :)

Since the chances are that you can't read Greek, the carving on the leaf above says "MY PRECIOUS SOFIA", one of the many expressions of love, manifesting on every possible (or impossible) surface :)

The last three pictures are from a tree that enchanted me this year. I have already written a post dedicated, almost exclusively, to it but I couldn't resist to this beauty and took a few more pictures today :)

Have a lovely Sunday and a wonderful week ahead!