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Chat => General => Topic started by: oldspice on October 30, 2005, 09:50:20 am

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: oldspice on October 30, 2005, 09:50:20 am

We really have had a glorious autumn. The weather is warm and sunny and the garden is still in bloom. We have a a bit of rain here and there - enough to water the garden and keep it growing. The countryside around here is breathtakingly beautiful with golds and browns and reds and greens. We enjoyed the full glory yesterday whilst driving to Coventry to a university open day. The M6 was closed so we had to do a detour.

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: on October 30, 2005, 09:51:59 am

Yes, it's been a lovely autumn.  The colours on the trees in Derbyshire are wonderful.

Do you know what an Indian Summer really is?

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: Forth Bridges on October 30, 2005, 09:52:55 am

lies I have wet and winder!

apart form THUSEDAY what a lovey sunny day ?

adn that it!

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: oldspice on October 30, 2005, 09:54:21 am

There's a good description of it in the opening chapter of a novel called Peyton Place.  It's a summer that stays long after the normal summer span or one that pops up unexpectedly during autumn.

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: on October 30, 2005, 10:02:14 am

Peyton Place!  I used to watch that when I got home from school in about 1971.

More specifically an Indian (that's Red Indian) summer is a long warm spell after the first frost of autumn.

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: oldspice on October 30, 2005, 12:05:03 pm

The novel is much better than that old TV version. It was her (Grace Melallis) first novel and is steamy but very absorbing. It's focus is on character rather than plot.

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: goldencup on October 30, 2005, 12:07:03 pm

Nothing Indian Summer about the weather here today.  It's chucking it down.

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: oldspice on October 30, 2005, 12:08:34 pm

It's lovely here but rain is forecast I think.

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: goldencup on October 30, 2005, 12:10:43 pm

I'm doing the music for a wedding this pm so I hope the weather improves for them.  It's really windy too.

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: oldspice on October 30, 2005, 12:12:05 pm

I hope it stays nice for them too. Is it outside/ You don't want to be playing in the rain! What is it you play again? i can't remember whether it's a cello or a clarinet?

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: goldencup on October 30, 2005, 12:13:07 pm

Cello.  I think we were intending to play outside yes!  Could be plan B....

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: oldspice on October 30, 2005, 12:14:29 pm

I adore cello music. Especially Elgar's concerto. It's very moving.

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: goldencup on October 30, 2005, 12:15:24 pm

When I play it, people move very quickly......

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: nightowl17 on October 30, 2005, 05:20:17 pm

Are you just learning?

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: oldspice on October 30, 2005, 06:36:22 pm

 No. I think she is a very accomplished player.

Title: Indian Summer
Post by: chocolate chick on November 01, 2005, 09:30:27 am

I agree the weather has been lovely. Its November and I am not wearing
a coat. I am sure I will have to soon but I am enjoying it whilst I
don't.