{"id":1659,"date":"2009-05-31T05:52:09","date_gmt":"2009-05-31T05:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2009-06-01T14:09:37","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T14:09:37","slug":"lazy-summer-dyas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/05\/lazy-summer-dyas\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazy Summer Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is here (I wonder how long for). Friday was gloriously sunny and reached 24.6\u00baC (A May record since the weather station records began). Yesterday was similarly sunny and reached 23.8\u00baC. Today looks as though it will be a scorcher too.<\/p>\n<p>As usual I got up early (5am ish), answered e-mails and did a little bit of work and then made the most of the cooler morning and got out in the garden to do some gardening. I got a little carried away and did loads of weeding, mulching, moving of plants, mowed the lawn, and even turned the compost in the compost bins. 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