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Freeze!

It is so damn cold this blog is actually frozen! And the coldest day of the week is yet to come. Reminds me I should fix a trip to springland quite soon. Forget climate change, it is bloody winter at the moment, even if the sky is blue. Brrrrrr.

In Sync

The weather has now officially changed its strategy! It is raining during the week and much better on the weekends. We had the opposite for the best part of the summer - Yes!

Without A Doubt

One could argue this summer finished before it even started... Think we all have to wait for 2012 for our next bit of sunshine or even a proper heatwave. But maybe winter will be cancelled too?

Extreme

The weather conditions seem to get more extreme every other week. Stages collapsing at open air festivals, rain pouring so hard one wakes up at night, drastic changes from feeling cold to being sweaty. Outside it looks like a November day now but tomorrow will possibly see a day full of summer sun. Weird is the word!

By The Way

It rains and rains and rains and rains. And rains and rains and rains and rains and rains. It rains and rains and rains and rains. And rains and rains and rains and rains and rains. And it rains and rains and rains and rains. And rains and rains and rains and rains and rains. And it rains and rains and rains and rains. And rains and rains and rains and rains and rains. It rains and rains and rains and rains. And it rains and rains and rains and rains and rains.

All Change

Autumn weather in mid July... Nuff said!

Loopy

34 degrees in the shade! This seems to be the hottest day of the year so far and everyone is getting extremely sweaty and loopy at the same time. Guess there is more to come this July and August, so join the fun... Dress and behave like you just don´t care!

It´s June...

...and we had a couple of days in a row with fierce afternoon / evening thunderstorms, just as if this was a town close the equator! Today I read an interesting statement about the effect of altered seasons for traditional holiday ressorts. And all this after those spring temperatures in winter! Wonder if autumn will come along in August this year.

06.04.2011

At 22:00 hours the air in Cologne smells exactly as I remember it from summer holidays in Italy during the 1970s! The only fear is that autumn might be starting just as early...

Yes Yes Yes

 

Full

 

on

 

springtime!

 

Oooooooooh

 

17 degrees this

 

Saturday!!!

 

Wow

 

Springtime!

 

Shame On You

Today I came to the conclusion that January is the most boring month of all months. After the festive period in December and with all the bad January weather it really can be missed. Even February hints more at the spring than January does. March is most obviously the gateway to spring, while April makes it happen and comes up with some early summer bits sometimes. May is fab, as are June to September. October can be golden until November - the ugly twin brother of February - raises its head.

That Ole Topic

For a long time we didn´t mention the weather... But this year it turned out as crazy as possible in Europe. The long and extremely cold winter was weird enough, given the luke winters in recent years. But then June and July saw proper heatwaves and parts of Russia were simply ablaze. Just to be topped by monsoon like rainfall and cold phases in August, which I remember being one of the most stable months when I was younger. So definetely the weather is behaving like the rollercoaster stockmarket: it goes insane!

Summertida

Once in a while it is very hot and the sun shines all week. That doesn´t mean we´re save from harm over the weekend. But at least we get the impression that a little bit of real summer is happening while sitting in the office. This is solid holiday weather!

Just For The Record

Minus degrees might be o.k. for this time of the year, but nevertheless they are far from being nice weather!

Minus Eight

Looks like the year 2008 wants to say goodbye to us with very cold weather. Can´t remember seeing minus eight degrees being listed for Cologne in a while. Another good excuse for having a blast on New Years Eve...

April (Again)

Just in case you wonder if there are no posts about the weather anymore, I try to keep shut about it! Not because I am sunbathing all day, but because this August feels like a warm April. Sudden showers, cold winds, pouring rain,  outbreaks of sunshine - it´s all on this very August. Even a single day can have a "jolly" mixture of these ingredients. So dear old September, our hopes are set on you!

12 Degrees Celsius...

...and raining! This does not even remotely feel like summer, this is April for beginners. When the BBQ grill was ready yesterday and we put the first mutton over the charcoal, it started to rain. But we still have some trust in August, don´t we? Or a brilliant September, perhaps?

Look Ahead!

The weather outlook for the long weekend ahead is more than brilliant! Couple of things going on between now and Thursday, so we dig this sunny support.

Hey, Listen...

...as far as we are concerned, the summer is here! The sun was shining from Saturday onwards and we do hope it will last for a while, e.g. the forthcoming long weekend.

Climatic Statement

The weather might brighten up very very shortly, because the terrace will be prepared for this years spring and summer this weekend. If it´s starts raining, this is just to dust the tables, chairs and sunbed off - got it?!

Snow?!

This blog went into a sort of hibernation over the last few days. Which is quite an apt word for the state, because it really started snowing for the first time in this winter, erm, spring. So what we saw during the last week was hailstorms, sunny spots, bits of rain and even intervals of snow falling. In the end watching a TV program about the ICEHOTEL was quite appropriate for this wet and cold Easter weekend. Let´s switch back to the sun soon...

Crocodile

two kangaroo fingers push
through and scratch my back in rhythm

slow foot
slow fast
waiting for a night to wrap around us
i could go in there
get some sweet stuff

all these things
in me (in me)
all these things
in me (in me)

Wot?

No rain until Tuesday? Sunshine THE WHOLE weekend long? Beg your pardon? Could it be summer is on for four days running? Some sort of heatwave!

But as Sonderlü are celebrating their tenth anniversary on Sunday with an - you guessed it - open air party, sunshine is needed around here. Bring it on!

Hey Sun, It´s August now!

Just in time for this little reminder the sun did shine all day in Cologne. Weather report says some rain is likely on Thursday, but compared to the amount of liquids we saw pouring down from the sky during the last weeks this might be just some minor drops... About time, because August always runs out quicker than quick and September is closer to December than YOU MAY DARE TO THINK NOW. So if you´re into global weather confusion, we had the best month so far this year with April.

34 Degrees

It´s too hot to sit in the sun, the umbrella on the terrace saved us from being boiled today! What a funny idea to have a  BBQ and heat things up some more this way... But the lamb was quite good and chilled beer helped to cool things down. But working at roughly the same temperatures tomorrow will not be that cool, I guess.

Tropical Training Camp

After the very warm April the weather came up with a break, some rain and even cold nights. But the weather these days wouldn´t be complete with another strange twist. All of a sudden temperatures rose above 30 degrees in some places, accompanied by humid air flowing in and thunderstorms taking place. Even Hamburg had a sweaty day yesterday! Felt like the perfect training camp for Kuala Lumpur!

Dä Sümmer

The summer is here as far as we are concerned. I remember years with snow in April, but that happened a long time ago. Very long time ago... To shelter us from global warming and radiation, the umbrella for the terrace has arrived! BBQ tomorrow, folks!

I See Clouds

What good was cleaning the terrace from the last bits of Kyril induced mess yesterday, getting the table and chairs out of their winter covers when now the sky is cloudy? Wait, the very second I´m writing this a beam of sunlight pans across the street. So we´ve got three days of Easter left, things might get better! See you in the deckchair...

European Actionism

Politicians have definitely conquered the subject of Global Warming in this luke winter.  They make it serve whatever purpose they can think of. I smell of multitude of taxes, legislations and very funny efforts of actionism around the corner.

In their ideal society all people suddenly exchange traditional light bulbs for the energy saving ones. Which takes a little bit more spending on those new lamps and more efficient heating systems in general. Which is good because there is less money left for oversea holidays. People should stay in their country anyway, because the dosh spend will fuel local tourism and less kerosene is blown into the skies. Ticket prices should rise too, ruling out budget airlines. Eco taxes will be added depending on the length of the flight. Because there would be less air traffic, the chances of planes crashing into nuclear power stations will go down. Which means we should go back to building new ones instead of spilling Arab oil.

Sometimes one thinks politicians should be the only people with an allowance for travelling in planes and limousines. And having electric light in their houses. Plus pensions...