Yes.....summer is here in Jamaica! We are a tropical island but we do experience subtle climate changes during summer and winter. So summer is here and it is HOT, HOT, HOT!!
With the summer comes the hurricane season, officially running from June 1 to November 30. We hope and pray that none come our way this year!
Schools go on holidays, just as well because it must be difficult to control and keep the attention of those little minds in this heat! And on top of the heat, the mosquitoes also increase in numbers. Oh so annoying!
Those pesky ticks begin to rear their heads and multiply! The dogs shed their coats again either to relieve themselves of the heat or because of excess itching from the ticks. As a result more frequent baths become a necessity and the perfect excuse for me to get wet and get some relief from the heat.
The plums are gone but along comes mango season!...and guess who's loving it? Yup, the Five-Pack are having their fill of mangoes from our blackie mango tree. Now laden with mangoes, the dogs feast on the bounty, sometimes spoiling their appetites.
They love mangoes and have learned to find the good ones on the ground and eat them with some amount of skill. Here is Queenie caught one day enjoying her morning mango.
Along with multitude of mangoes of every shape and variety come many other tropical fruit that are also in season in Jamaica. Summer time is a lovely, lazy, fruit-filled time in the tropics. How lucky we are to have sun, sand, sea, rhythm and music to enjoy it even more!
Till next time God bless and thanks for visiting. Do come again!
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