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“One of my childhood autumn sounds was to hear a big spider negotiating the ancient bedroom wallpaper where it had become loose on the uneven wall. September spiders now appear in the bath, and have to be carried to the garden by the glass and postcard method.”

Spiders again, mentioned by Ronald in his opening chapter of September. Both my monthly reading books mention the eight-legged little terrors! 🕷️

‘For the best part of a fortnight the temperature has made the heatwave mark, thus making the grade in classic English-summer terms. Blue dawns, blue dusks, and in between a scorcher. 'How do you like this?’ we say in passing, instead of Good morning. ‘Chalk it up,’ we say, ‘a summer at last!’’

I’ve said it myself, many times, ‘it’s far too hot, these high temperatures in Britain hit differently these days!’

‘Considering that the majority of churchyards are witness to 1,000 years of tears, it is strange that they are so pleasant to visit, to wander in, to sit in on a summer's day. 'Peaceful', the visitors book says over and over again. Peaceful inside and out’. 🌳🪦🌳