‘It’s too hot’
‘No, it’s not’
‘It’s too hot for me.’
‘Well I just cannot agree,
I love the heat.’
‘It swells up my feet.’
‘Oh! this rain
What a pain.’
‘I beg your pardon
It’s good for the garden.’
‘It’s so miserably grey
And it so spoils my day.’
‘Ugh! This horrible white stuff. Snow!’
‘I love it, can’t get enough’
‘Oh! you slip and you slide
And I cannot abide
When it melts and all turns to slush.’
‘I laugh when the wind’s in my face.’
‘Just makes me despair
It messes up my hair
My curls will not stay in place.’
‘Did you see the frost on the grass
And pretty patterns on the glass?’
‘It will ruin my fruit trees
And set off my knees
They’re bad when we have a freeze.’
‘A spectacular storm we had
The lightning was really quite bad
But how exciting to watch the lightning
I even got out of bed!’
‘You got out of bed to watch a storm
That can’t be norm
It has to be said I find the lightning
so very frightening.’
All sorts of people, like all sorts of weather
And all sorts of weather suits all sorts of people.
But what consternation without weather
For our conversation!
By Jill Heeley (Batheaston NWR)