Let's give June a warm, wet welcome

It's hard to believe we are already into the sixth month of the year celebrating the first day of June, a month Canadian author M L Montgomery referred to as “the pearl of summer, shining with warmth and joy.”

- POSTSCRIPT Roger Crutchley

In the temperate climes of England where I grew up June was always regarded as one of the more promising months of the year. Spring was blossoming into summer and there was the ray of hope that the weather would get better or at least not be quite so wet.

However, that is not the case this year with the UK having experienced its driest spring in 60 years. People in Britain have actually been praying for a spot of rain. Now that doesn’t happen very often. What's more, it’s also been very sunny. No wonder some Brits look a bit confused. However, they shouldn't worry. You can be sure Mother Nature has a major deluge tucked up her sleeve.

Of course here in Thailand the monsoon has arrived, giving June a wet but warm welcome.

When it comes to weather, you can’t please everyone. On departing England after an unusually sunny week, American comedian Groucho Marx complained: “I’m leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it's not raining.”

Perhaps US film director George Axelrod summed things up most succinctly when he observed: “In England, all they ever do is talk about the weather. But no one does a damn thing about it.”

Tuning up for summer

Back to those old June days in England. My mother enjoyed the Rodgers and Hammerstein film Carousel which came out in 1956. She was particularly fond of the song