An Indian summer

The temperatures are soaring, and the newspapers are using the phrase Indian Summer. Many years ago a friend wrote a silly story about me called 'Eddie's Indian Summer'; I won't explain why. So whenever we have warm weather at this time of year I think of that time. However, I had assumed that the term Indian Summer came from the Indian sub-continent, but it instead it refers to the American Indians. Etymologists cannot agree to the origin of the phrase, suffice to say that it is an American import, like pepsi. I suppose after the cool summer that has just gone the notion of an Indian summer is tinged with irony. Indeed there was an item on the radio where a cook was offering advice for suitable foods to use on an October barbecue. I just try to make the most of it; last year severe winter weather arrived well into November, so make hay while the sun shines.

The view from Caerwys earlier this evening looking west across the golf course.