As I mentioned in Tuesday Treasures, I am on the road again, so there won't be a lot of chit chat today. Instead I'd like to welcome Marie Treanor back to our blog to share some thoughts with us.....
I
love the Scottish summer – it’s my favourite day in the year
When Pamela invited me to blog about my
Thursday thoughts, I didn’t have to rack my brains for very long before I came
up with what most British people spend a large part of every day discussing,
worrying about, complaining about or even making jokes about. The weather.
To those of you used to more extreme and
even hazardous weather, our obsession must be rather puzzling. We don’t get
ridiculously hot or cold weather. We don’t get hurricanes (although
occasionally we do get gales with a few hurricane force gusts!) or tornadoes.
And though certain areas do seem to be increasingly liable to flooding, in
Scotland at least, we certainly don’t get droughts! We are, in fact, lucky in
our climate, although few of us acknowledge it.
Several years ago, I used to meet a
Canadian at the bus stop each morning. He was working in Scotland for a couple
of years, and clearly he’d already caught our weather obsession. But what
fascinated him most was that we could get all four seasons in a day. Or even in
a morning. Which is why, of course, we obsess about it. Just because it’s sunny
at 8 o’clock in the morning doesn’t mean we can leave the umbrella at home. And
if it’s bucketing when we set out to the shops, it’s just as likely to be
blinding sunshine by the time we bring the shopping back. You need a keen
instinct to risk hanging out the washing if you’re not going to be at home all
day, and deciding what to wear to suit the weather is definitely a lottery.
On the other hand, it’s never dull! And
the grass is always green. :-)
So, I suppose that’s the background to
GHOST IN THE RAIN, my Gothic mystery romance novella. If you’re going to haunt
in the west of Scotland, you need to be prepared to do so in all weathers!
Marie is the award winning author of over forty paranormal romances - Indie, New York and E-published.
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Well Friends, I hope you enjoyed today Thursday Thoughts and that you'll return each week for Tuesday Treasures, Thursday Thoughts and Saturday Spotlight.
Until next time, take care and God Bless.
PamT
6 comments:
Waving hello again to Pam's readers! Pam, thanks so much for having me back on your blog and letting me ramble :) Enjoy your travels!
Marie x
Here I thought it was just Pennsylvania that constantly griped about the weather ;) Great post!
Hi Marie,
I always love to read a Gothic romance. My own tribute to the genre is entitled
DARK MOON RISING, published just a year ago. It's a Southern Gothic. I believe one set in Scotland would be fascinating. Congrats!
I enjoyed the weather in Scotland when I visited. I was in Edinburgh. I visited right near the time of the summer solstice, so the sun rose at 4AM and set at 11PM. I loved it. Cheers
That sounds awesome! I would love changing weather like that. It would be quite interesting. And, I can attest to how fabulous Ghost in the Rain is - The launch book for our A World of Gothic Series is fantastic, moody and spooky and compelling. Definitely a great read!
About two years ago, I retreated from southern New Hampshire and its long, wet winters and moved to southern Arizona with its long, dry summers. I find I hate cold more than I hate hot (temps have reached 117. Piece of cake!).
I love Gothic romance.
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