Hot is cool

Unwritten stories.

Three

“The summer is leaving the scene”, said the carmine tree leaf, when flying in front of Olya’s face.

After sharing its melancholic thought, the leaf headed dramatically to the ground in little loops and circle dance-like movements. Then, right before landing on the ground, it made one final turn, went around the shaggy dog’s head, tempting him to follow the flight with wonderment, and finally laid itself on the pavement in slow motion.

The dog looked at its owner as if to ask whether what the leaf said was true. But Olya did not notice the questioning face of the puppy. She was busy scanning the trees for other leaves dressed in warm colors – in preparation for the cold weather ahead.

The sun was not as warm as it was just a few weeks ago. The clouds, hiding it for a minute or two from people’s tanned faces, were already able to make you shiver. The brightness of the day was not as cozy. The night had started to arrive earlier in the day. School had started. The sea was cold and the seaside – deserted.

The rainy weather of the last couple of weeks had brought the feeling of spring – now that the sun was up and shining again. However, this scarce warmth on one’s face was really nothing like the first days of spring – it didn’t bring the delight of hope, or the joyful anticipation of a new beginning.

Olya took a cold breath, as if to clear the sunny thoughts from the drawers of her last-season mind, and let a warm breath through her scarlet pug nose.

She looked at her dog, who was sniffing the autumn leave on the ground with curiosity, and said: “come on, Shaggy, it’s time to go make some tea at home”.

Thirsty

How long should one wait for a beer to get cold in the freezer.. without risking to have it blown up?
It's kinda urgent.

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* The picture here. Found via Google.

Lazy for the win

Have you ever felt so lazy that you won't even get up to eat?

Well, this unusual-for-the-season sunny hot weather is doing that to me.

Actually, when I think about it, if it was cold, I would probably have said that the usual-for-the-season cold weather is making me lazy..

Cold boredom

I caught a cold a few days ago. The runny nose, the sore throat, the fatiguing temperature, the sore muscles.. I could take it all. But being unable to get up of the bed and do something.. Augh!

Being positive: 2

Being positive: being fine with chilly autumn weather during summer while stuck in the city, because it could have been worse - like being fine with chilly autumn weather during summer while on vacation by the sea.

Danes and cookies

I actually like Danish cookies.. and Danes.

Shiver

No, really!
I need warmth that is not coming from a machine.
Sun, where are you?

And a hot summer for the lady

I've had enough of this coldness.
Can I have some summer, please?

London as I saw it: 1

First glimpse of London.

Canary Wharf.

Business people dressed in suits having drinks after work.

The temperature is approximately 15° C less than in Sofia... feels refreshing.

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A joke!

A girl is packing her bags for a 3-month stay in Denmark. She is thinking: "I will be there in spring and probably the beginning of summer. I should take more light clothes.. and sandals too."
So she takes more light clothes and sandals.

Ha-ha-ha!

Morning talk

Sunny!

Your daily weather update is here to let you know that the sun above Aarhus finally won the fight with the clouds..

I still find it unfair that spring here does not really feel like spring at home. But cold, windy and sunny is definitely better than cold, windy, foggy, rainy and gloomy... Hooray!

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Still too chilly..

.. but every problem has its solution, they say.

Snowing again

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Mommy says

When taking a bath these days, make sure to dry yourself well before you go out in the cold!

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The real deal

Finally the winter came to Leuven. And it's pretty cold.. Actually,

.. and this web-page can confirm.

* Reloading the page, gives you different comments under the main sentence.
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Leaving bed.. so hard!

From under the blanket..

I like pretty much everything about my room.. but there is one thing that I don't enjoy quite a lot: I'm not allowed to start a fire in here. And that's exactly what I need when the heating isn't working.. which is approximately 24 hours a day..

Damn safety requirements!

Hot in cold!

You guessed correctly, I was talking about myself in the winter.. hehe
A friend visited me and we spent a whole day walking around the city. It was so cold that I got muscle fever from trembling and trying to contract my body to a size that fits me entirely under the jacket..
Anyway, this story does not change the facts:

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