This morning (yesterday) I woke to 3 C. I had felt cold in bed, but had no idea that it was so cold outside. How can it go from 13 C one morning to 3 C the next?
Then, as if by magic, up came this photo on my laptop from our recent time spent at our home in France.
We take coffee by the pool in the early mornings, when the temperature is still at an acceptably cool 20-ish C.
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It's a small pleasure. At home, drinking coffee in the early morning sunshine. It costs nothing, involves no-one, and is something that millions of people do the world over; but maybe not always by their own pool.
Here on the south coast, people flood to the beach in all weathers, and at all times of day. In times of cold or inclement weather, they may take their coffee indoors, but mostly they are at their favourite café to sit outside. In winter they are well-wrapped, and in summer half naked. They sip their coffees, watch the world go by, and look out to sea. It is a well-worn ritual.
Once Billy has had his morning walk, we still have our morning cup of home-ground coffee, but here in Brighton it is usually accompanied by the BBC morning news. Only after that does the day begin.
It's 20 degrees here, the sun is shining and the sky is blue, I drank black coffee and walked 3 km like almost every morning, here too you can create a routine as if nothing is happening.
ReplyDeleteI think it's the best routine of the day, and if the sun is shining it's even better.
DeleteThe morning ritual. We have coffee inside at the moment and the sun shines straight onto our chairs.
ReplyDeleteIn the summer it's outside in the front of the house where there is shade and I can admire my garden, water and take off dry leaves and flowers.
Today we will have another coffee around 10.30 with friends on the waterfront
Your Cafés are lovely, especially the waterside ones. I would probably spend all day there.
DeleteI have always enjoyed a cup of freshly brewed good coffee every morning to kick-start my day, until my current medical issues meant that I have now been forced to go without this pleasure. I really miss it.
ReplyDeleteOh dear, does it raise your blood pressure? Lady M is at this moment brewing my first cup..... and it's just arrived!
DeleteNot blood pressure but stomach issues.
DeleteOh; I shall ask no more!
DeleteMy day always starts with fresh home brewed coffee, normally sat here reading blogs, it's a good hour spent gently each morning.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely relaxing start to the day. I'm actually just back from my big shopping trip, so a cup is very welcome.
DeleteWhen you say that people on the south coast are half naked in the summer, which half are you referring to? Top or bottom?
ReplyDeleteP.S. I prefer tea.
In the Cafés it's the top half, on certain beaches it's the middle part. I avoid those beaches!
DeleteCro, you hit on a subject that is dear to me. One of my fondest memories is sitting by the ocean early in the morning drinking our coffee. This was in Oahu when visiting our son and the air was so clean and fresh... heaven!
ReplyDeleteI had to look-up Oahu, but it did sound like it was in Hawaii. Paradise; especially with a morning coffee.
DeleteIt is 45 (f) this morning, and the forecast high this afternoon is 80 (f), the weather is strange this year.
ReplyDelete15 C here this afternoon. The weather is always strange in Britain!!!
DeleteThe photo makes me want to join you. I'd have hot chocolate though.
ReplyDeleteNice to have a routine like this.
The pool and you so inviting.
I hate to think of the pool being all closed-up, and covered in leaves.
DeleteThat is why you have pictures like this one. So it looks pretty and appealing in real life. :)
DeleteRegardless of the season, coffee starts the day off right.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. What would we do without it!
DeleteAh, the pleasure of that first cup of coffee of the day. It's now too dark when I have mine to see the pool - I have to wait until the dog walk before it's light enough!
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