August very sneakily snuck in an entire week and a whole weekend after the end-of-August Bank Holiday. Bad form, August, bad form.

yeah, that's what's made it feel even more tediously endless than usual - and I actually took Wed/Thu/Fri off to try and mitigate that. I am SO ready for the autumn now.

and neither January nor February are blighted by every fricken garden centre in the English-speaking world being rendered impassable by gargantuan barricades of Christmas tat.

August is the worst month

I don't think you need any convincing of that, but should you experience any doubt, you could dispel it by visiting central Oxford in August.

Are we sure? It seemed poppymass Decorations have started appearing today. (NB: this is not a slight on poppies or remembrance, it's a slight on people who think it's a festival)

I did this stupid thing and put the boiler on for hot water and the radiators. The radiators came on at 6 am. Was nice to have dry towels but have now turned radiators off.

The weather has gotten fed up with waiting and has skipped ahead to September.

Yeah, it's the 40th August today, just one more to go!

*checks calendar* yup, the 40th

That’s why the name of the month in French sounds like the damned railing against the void … or else just having stubbed a toe.

ha ha yes, it sounds like a cry of despair

The news headlines springing from the pages of the local press are still of the drama level of MISSING ALPACA FOUND and STOLEN LAMPPOST LOST around here so I’d say, Yeah, it’s still August.

At least it inspired some great music; www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPnR...

But autumn has arrived. And so has Halloween tat in the shops

I'll put the autumn decorations up on @daphnethecat.com next week after September has arrived ...