Rec of the day

[astridv]

The Stargate: Atlantis Tarot by kyn_moonlight

The design of the cards itself is beautiful enough, but what really rounds it off are the descriptions and interpretations that go with each card. A lot of thought and work went into this one.

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Allegedly the weather will stop sucking quite so hard come Monday and we'll get a taste of actual summer. I'll believe it when I see it. Yesterday was supposed to be 25°C and sort-of-sunny and that sure turned out to be a lie. I'm wearing a t-shirt and a sweatshirt right now and I'm still freezing my butt off so I've turned on the heater on top of it. I hate the weird combination of cool & humid that somehow makes me sweat and freeze at the same time.
/bitchbitchbitch

Comments

[lakrids404]

Are sure that you didn't read weather forecast for here? Because here is the sun shining and there are 25C in the shadows.
;)
photographic proof here

[astridv]

Waaah. I'm so envious. Lovely picture. I assume the sea is rather cold for swimming?

Well, just now as I looked up to the sky I could spot several tiny specks of blue, and in fact I think the temperature has risen a degree or so <-- positive thinking. I hope it stays that way at least, I want to go rollerblading.

[lakrids404]

The sea is about 18c, which is for some warm enough to swim in. For me it has to be much warmer, before I take a swim.

[astridv]

Oh yeah, that is hardcore. The coldest I ever really swam in was 20°C, when I was a kid. It was an unheated outdoor pool that was so lovely that we just ignored the cold. I've been in colder water in Canada but it was more like jump in, scream, paddle around a bit an jump back out.

Our municipal outdoor pools are all having problems this season because they're solar-powered which sounds like a good idea but of course in a summer like this one it doesn't work. The temperatures hover around 20°C. That really sorts the hardcore swimmers from most everybody else.