Summer in Ireland

Well, Monsoon season has struck again. The wind is howling and the rain is lashing, towns are, once again, on flood alert. Were summers really so much better when I was a child? Yes - they definitely were! I remember the drought of 1976, the ladybird plague and the hose-pipe restrictions. Happy fun-filled days and beautiful balmy evenings. I loved the summer - but now it's just an extension of winter. Very depressing :(

I'm currently doing research on Lithuania - not to live (although, it could be a nice change) but I'm playing with a character for a possible new writing project - any information on the customs, traditions, history and lifestyle of Lithuania and her beautiful people would be gratefully received; especially from those who have left or are thinking of leaving for Ireland or the UK.

I bid you all good night from a very stormy West Cork.

... It was a dark, stormy night...

And I'm not lying!