We’re having a running (mock) argument in our house at the moment. W says that summer started about the second week in May. Otherwise Mid-Summer’s Day isn’t mid-summer.

I say poppycock to that! As far as I’m concerned it makes sense that each season has three months. So winter is December, January, and February. Spring is March, April, May. Summer is June, July and August, and autumn is September, October, and November.

Therefore two days ago Summer arrived.

And, more than ever it has made me very happy indeed. The boy is eating all the strawberries in the allotment, one by one as they ripen.  The gooseberries aren’t far behind, and the first tiny peas are podding up. I’ve already made rhubarb and ginger jam, and at some point this week (if I get time,) I’m going to make some blackcurrant sorbet one evening, to make room for this years bounty in the freezer, and cool us down at the end of the day.

I keep hearing that we’re going to have a hot summer here in the UK.

I don’t think we’ve had a really hot one since 2003 or 2004 (back when I was still a games designer, and spent a lot of the summer in a [partially] air conditioned office.) That was the year that it got so hot in July that the tarmac started to melt during the Tour de France which resulted in Beloki having a horrendous crash, and Lance Armstrong riding mountain bike style over a rutted field to avoid him. I remember working very long hours, and eating Green and Blacks chocolate ice cream.

/random/

In other words – Hurrah! Summer!

More trousers for the boy! I’ve had the idea in my head since I first saw the Red Letter Day collection by Lizzy House.

(Kim made me an apron from the Lizzy Dish collection which I *have* to photograph while the weather is lovely!)

I made this pair a bit bigger so that they’d last a bit longer. Also check out the stripy waist band. *beams* Plus the big cuffs that have the added benefit of rolling down to cover the Boy’s feet in the pram when it’s really sunny.

I think these are going to be worn alot this summer. I’m really pleased with them.

(Here is a boy working hard learning to crawl.)

I really love these shoes. They were easy to make too. (The link to the pattern is here, at ColourKnits.)

Unfortunately they didn’t fit the boy. 🙁 (As his auntie would say ‘Pudgy feet!!’)

But they’ve gone to a good home with his little friend MM. (Who’s mum has just come back to sewing. o/ We have a sewing day in the works. Should be a ton of fun.)

FB will remain shoeless, especially now the weather has turned lovely.  Don’t worry about him though – he has cute socks. (Though none that I have knitted, mainly because his feet grow too quickly. :|)