Hints and tips:
...As a hard rain begins to thud against the canvas, I worry the government hasn’t got theirs onside....
...A single variety such as Golden Delicious can be sorted into 70 categories — including the most desirable red-blushed Goldens — before being dispatched across Europe....
...Tourists know June as low season, when the onset of rain turns the river banks into a garden of lush palms, red Flamboyant and mimosa-like Golden Shower....
...This picture, from Adobe Stock contributor Aastels, shows “Clear sky after the rain, dramatic glowing clouds, golden sunlight, waves and water splashes, cyclone”....
...High on the opposite side of the valley, we spotted a huge polar bear....
...Golden Hind is a huge golden yellow, but with the exhibitors’ permission I enjoyed something even more surprising, a big begonia’s scent....
...Two things to bear in mind: the risk of bad weather, and it is always worth checking if the place has been booked out for a private event....
...Ten to 12 classrooms a day get flooded when it rains, he said, “and in Oldham it rains quite a lot. It’s the drizzle that kills us.”...
...One year they arrived to find a bear had wintered in their cabin....
...Rain threatened, but held off. Sunshine triumphed, as vital to having a good Glastonbury time as any applause-seeking musician....
...After heavy soaking rains, the roots and rocks can be treacherously slippery, but in the dry season it is a dream....
...Having never lived in the UK, I had gleaned knowledge of my supposed home country largely from books such as The Wind in the Willows and Watership Down, which seemed to bear little resemblance to reality...
...Even as we took our leave, he trailed after us with a Spanish hat from Potosi, two serving spoons from Rajasthan, a teddy bear from Dorset....
...Even more spectacular is Crocus ancyrensis, sometimes sold as Golden Bunch....
...It was a warm summer evening and we looked down, through the golden haze, at the newly harvested fields stretching out below....
...Its fertile plains and frequent rain once made it Mexico’s breadbasket....
...Pedestrians rush past, heads bent into umbrellas, battling a vicious wind and drenching rain....
...Rain or shine, at least markets will not be able to blow us about this weekend. Those of us in the UK eagerly await some warmer weather next week. Enjoy the next two days off....
...golden rules for healthy lawns: hydration, feeding, light and air....
...It renamed the studio Sony Pictures Entertainment and hired Jon Peters and Peter Guber, a pair of producers fresh from two of that decade's biggest hits — Batman and Rain Man....
...Beijing’s efforts to revive swooning share prices are beginning to bear fruit, adding weight to the view that the government will do whatever it takes to avert a collapse in the stock market....
...Nearly all those under study are shrivelling, hit by a triple whammy of more heat, less snow and more rain. And I saw the process at even closer quarters....
...lots of blessed rain....
...It is a wet, cold day in midtown Manhattan but the Grill Room at the Four Seasons on East 52nd Street is a well-appointed shelter from the rain....
...“During the rains it’s a catastrophe,” 31-year-old Héritier says. Héritier is a musician....
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