Some rumbling and a thin line of tstorms on our way. Quite a bit of rumbling this afternoon for a bit too, not so much rain. But, the sky's cool and the light is weird...

That sky looks great!

Lovely photo, Edot.

Hours of reading in the garden in shorts and t-shirt ..... says it all......
Finally we're getting there!

Make the most of it. In a few weeks we'll be moaning that it's too darn hot.

Not me!

It was definitely too hot to be wielding the fork & weeding today past about 10am. I have floppy pumpkins & not just because of the heat . They need a drink but will have to wait till tomorrow morning otherwise the thermic shock will kill them off.

Can't believe it but is actually snowing up here on the Jura - seems crazy that I was sunbathing on the balcony a couple of days ago...

Can we at least get some clouds to block some of this intense sun? The heat is bad enough (30C), but the sun is just baking my poor skin

It's been superb for many weeks - apart from last Friday when it snowed as Smackerjack says- although we were not around. It's been so hot and muggy today, but clouds are gathering and it's cooling down- sp perhaps a storm here tonight too???

Later edit/update- yes, thunder and massive downpour, 15 mins then back to sun - just in time for soak in jakuzzi

For the first time ever I feel like saying: Move (to the Antarctic maybe?)
This was my kind of day, YES PLEASE let them roll on for months on end.

Yes, it's that time of year when all the "white" people want a tan & all the darker skinned ones stay out of the sun so as not to get too dark. The Summer Irony dance. But as we all know, a lot of the whities just look like beetroots. I just look like a panda with sunglasses & various t-shirt lines.

Sun tomorrow.

Good. Temp. dropped to 22°C, I'm getting chilly.

You have no idea how disappointed I was to learn that Seattle receives more snow than Basel. If I had wanted to live in a place with a burning sun and 30+ degrees, I would have looked at the Mediterranean coast

It's only going to be 30 C.

Wunderground is currently posting 32.2 for my location. This is 10 degrees above my comfort zone

that's what you get for being prejudice, we do 30°C+ on regular basis here

30 degrees in the shade here too. ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️
Phew, it's a scorcher! (As the UK papers say when it gets above 20 degrees )

Expected 32°C today... lets make it sound dramatic:

90°F !!!!!!