It’s hot in Yorkshire. Very hot for us. 🥵 86F (30C). That’s officially beyond Yorkshire’s Safe Operating Temperature. Law and Order will break down. The Ferrets will start to get unusually frisky. The Rhubard will go on strike. Cricketers might even have to unbutton their top shirt buttons. Those rather fetching knitted handkerchief hats will need to be donned….
In Yorkshire we have two expressions for this type of unusual weather.
It’s Mafting…….
It’s crackin’ t flags ……. translates to – it’s so hot the the paving stones are starting to crack.
It was too hot for my outside weights and kettlebell session. I definitely left a water trail marking out where my exercises took me. A nice run through a cool forest would have been ever so nice. The photo was from August 2019. Seems like a lifetime ago. Almost seems like a different world. A lot of things have changed for the worse. Some new really bad things have hit. Yes some life stuff has remained unchanged. And here is the crucial thing. A few things, some new stuff have definitely been an absolute blessing. It’s so easy to focus on the bad stuff but actually some wonderful things have happened. My Life is better because of those things.
So in 2020 when some days life seems unduly bad, I need to remember the good stuff. Yes life can and still will be tough. BUT it can also still be exceptionally beautiful. It can be a wonderful life.
Your words touched for my own circumstances I am in and serve as a reminder to my own words I remind myself with.
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Thank you.
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Oh. If only it were just 86 degrees! We are at 88 expected to reach 102. With humidity 88 feels like 97. It’s hot here! (I hate it). Yes 86 is hot too!!
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Too hot….
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Hot 🥵
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It is
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Smiling…. You blog message is so similar to mine. Worded differently, but the ending message is the same. Gotta stay focused on those blessings. ❤
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Great minds …….. 😀
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Matching socks……. 😀
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Putting on my finest Sean Bean accent. Aye Tina thy matching socks…😀
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Laughing… 😀
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It’s a Yorkshire thing…….😀
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I like Yorkshire things…… 😀 and lots of dots……..
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Dots are good….. Yorkshire things are generally very cool if a little grumpy…… 😀
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Canadian things can get a little grumpy sometimes too. Then we send husband’s out for icecream and fries… that does the trick.
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That would work nicely. I can’t imagine Canadians being a little grumpy. This is the country that made Due South….
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😀 😀 😀
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All clouds have silver linings you just need to look for them.
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You say something so important here. Yes, it is so easy to focus on or get lost in the bad. I still don’t know why it is that way (why we are taught that way). Because there is so much good too at the same time. Of course, it depends on the level of “bad”. But some people truly only see the bad in every day while others don’t even recognize it because they are so busy enjoying the good.
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That’s so right. I feel into that trap. But wonderful things like your book pulled me out of that.
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We only need to open our eyes and we recognize that we won’t ever get it done to ever recognize everything that is surrounding us. Everything is there. The choice is ours…
I am more than thankful that my book was one of those things that brought some light in your life.
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We so do 🙏
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It’s been very hot here too. 86F sounds like a reprieve to me. Are you not allowed to run out on trails because of COVID or are you unable to leave your son home for yourself to get away for a run?
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The trails are open it’s just I’m basically housebound because of my son. Been like that for months. Even taken up Yoga – that’s how bad it is……
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That’s really too bad. I take it he is not keen on joining you for a run then? Is there a loop somewhere that he can stay within sight, perhaps timing you on each loop and cheering you on? Being housebound for so long sounds hard. Hope they figure something out with this soon.
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Thank you Kimi. Hope everything is great. There was. I could run round the farmers field but the cows make that impossible. They just get in the way. Yoga needs to be the replacement.
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In the misery loves company category, it’s been in the mid to upper 90sF here. The countdown toward the official arrival to autumn is in hot (no pun intended) pursuit. 40 days and counting.
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That’s too hot.
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Tell me about it! I’m so over summer. 🥵
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Try 108 for a day!
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Stop it….. My oven doesn’t get that hot these days.
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Nicely positive, Gary
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Thank you Sir.
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That is hot, geez! Your post reminded me of a song that I want to share, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uxt-FnNy2I
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I so love that song.
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Yeah, for sure. Coldplay was better back then.
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They so were.
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With climate change underway, it’s going to get lots “mafting” hotter in the years ahead. Best be prepared 🙂
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Sadly it so is.
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Love your sayings. That is the thunder rolling again here despite the pavie stanes still getting split.
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Definitely they are near.
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Well the thunder rolled over and the sun stayed. kind of tropical
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Well that’s a bonus
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yeah coffee in the garden at 8 last night while the thunder rolled…
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That sounds grand.
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It was.
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Wonderful picture of the forest. It’s hot here too…very humid, the air is thick. We get cracking thunderstorms. I like them, the cats don’t! I love the drama and the energy! Not necessarily the damage.
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I use to but son is scared of them.
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Mafting, huh? Guess I better start using that one if I’m going to celebrate my Yorkshire DNA.
It’s certainly going to be mafting here for the next week or two… nothing under 90°F (32°C) except at night when it will be low 70s (22°C).
At least it will be cool enough to sleep without the noisy AC. See… the silver lining😁😉💌
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That’s why none of our houses have AC. x
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You’re right, Gary. These are difficult times but there are moments in between that are worth cherishing.
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Absolutely 🙏
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My schedule has been all over the place this week because of different family problems/needs. But honestly, if I had the time I wasn’t venturing outside. It is so hot and humid I just turn to soup outside. Good message – there is a lot of good. It can be so easy to dwell on the bad, but just recognizing the good can be so helpful.
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It does help. Hope it cools down soon for you.
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It’s way too hot at the moment. I’m looking forward to the thunderstorms.
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Some coming I guess.
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We have storm warnings already 😀
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Can see them in the distance
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I’m still waiting…
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Patience……
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It’s a virtue 😉
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It is
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Hurrah for those blessings when they pop up
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Absolutely x
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😄 I just love your sayings!!!
What is one thing that blessed your life in 2020?
🤔 hmm… for me… I am finding my strength ❤️✌️
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Got to be good at something x
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Well what is yours? Lol what you got under that belt?
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Baking……. x
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Nice! So that’s a new thing? Or you always loved that?
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Always like running x
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Nice… but what is your NEW 2020 blessing?
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Does Peppermint and Nettle Tea count…..
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Eh I suppose…
But I kinda meant what is a new umm skill or blessing or goodness about your 2020… if that is your tea then ok
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Was pulling your leg. New skill has to be transitioning in Yoga. x
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That’s more like it, that’s a really good one
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Good x
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Lol yes it is good
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You have many new skills x
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I have always had my strength skills – how I made it through that marriage.
I am a strong woman.
I think getting over fear is my biggest thing. But I’m getting there ✌️
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I can sense that from your blog. x
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❤️ thank you
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😀
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❤️
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🙏
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Mafting is the new cool.
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