You're hot, I'm hot, He's hot, She's hot...

The lyrics of an (awesome) Arrow song (Hot hot hot)
I feel this about covers the weather here.

I remember saying a little over a month ago when we still had the fire going in the evenings and were complaining about the cold that we would soon be complaining about the heat. Well here it is... it is tooooo hoooooot. We are getting up early to try to get stuff done before it gets too hot, but it does rather limit what can be fitted in. The dog loves it and alternates between lying in the sun and lying on the cool stone floor. Other animals are less pleased I would say although perhaps the cat is happy sunbathing too - the chickens are not laying much and talking to other people it is the same for them, they blame the heat. We had three quails eggs today so maybe they are going to get back in to it despite the heat.

It is lovely in the mornings and evenings though when the air temperature isn't too hot. During the day it has been a cool 25-27°C in the house and over 30 (in the shade) outside. Tooooo much.