Its a very strange Summer. The land is about 3 weeks behind its normal condition for the 10th of June. Leaves are not all out yet, its still cold, there are no bees or moths, and few swallows. The hills are a pale green, dirty colour such as they are in March. This is all made worse by the sunny long light evenings. The length of daylight does not match how the land looks. In fact the high up ground even appears to be going backwards in its barrenness to a look of early Spring. This Summer will be over before its begun yet.