Spring Has Sprung

The weather is warm. At Brighton Beach one brave soul got on the BBC News by swimming in the sea. The British sea is ... how do I put this ... "bracing" at the best of times. Even though London hits 100F/38C these days (well in peak summer it does) plus it is the most sweltering place I have ever been on earth, mainly because it is just not designed for the heat. The tube is not air conditioned. The buses (especially brand new ones (why??!>?) do not have opening windows. Singapore is probably more bearable. I have been to Madras/Chennai at 45C+ and that felt nowhere near as sweltering bc it's fitted with ceiling fans, everything is open-air. London cannot be like that so it's a torment in high summer. But back to the sea, this stays cold all year round & those of us who love swimming in it must migrate vast distances (to the Mediterranean, if not the Red Sea or beyond (but not the North Atlantic!!)) for more tolerable temperatures ...

Starlings have arrived in vast numbers from South Africa (at least I think that's where they come from). I was wondering why a starling from South Africa would want to fly all the way up here. The question is answered on this pink starling link: not all starlings do migrate. I expect some others join the meerkats in the Kalahari.

What else? It is Easter weekend, of course. I was sleeping most of the day (I don't know why, not that I was drugged...) Some wonderful films/&c came on telly. Well, if you call The Sound of Music wonderful ... I still have "High on a Hill with a Lonely Goatheard" swizzling about my brains to this very moment ... (!!)

Happy Passover everyone!!!