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Its Hot But I Want To Say Thank You.

Here in Britain it is hot. Everyone had been longing for some sunshine after several wet Summers. But a week into the lovely weather people began moaning and wanting rain. Such ingratitude. There are plenty of ways to keep cool. So I want to buck the trend and say a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to the loving heavenly Father who provides everything good for us. It's not God's fault if we haven't the sense to take shelter. If you have a shower you can cool down there. I've just taken a shower and washed my hair and am sitting by an open window and eating frozen raspberries. It's a glorious summer and I want to celebrate it. I feel a poem coming on. After winter's mist and fog and rain At last we have summer sun To ripen the grain. From sun-baked hill I see the scene below Green and gold Everything aglow. Why are we mortals so contrary We ask for sun And then become all wary. We cannot take this heat. In Britain we are in retreat. We have such strange and changeable weather You can always knock us down with a feather We are never prepared Always running scared. But I wanted to welcome this lovely time And see it celebrated in rhyme.

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