Well, it's the 1st of December. The official first day of summer - December, January, February. Hey, hey, you people in the Northern Hemisphere, are you jealous? But what goes around, comes around: we'll be jealous of you in June, July, August when it's our winter.
Today is warm. And sunny. And not much wind. But... I'm a bit sun-burnt from the beach yesterday, so I didn't sun-bathe today. I really can't understand it all because I never get sunburnt. I always tan. But I've had bouts of sunburn since October. I'm even reducing my hours sunbathing, but that hasn't helped.
For weeks now I have been plastering myself in after-sun gel, moisturiser, and aloe vera. And pre-swim, there's sun-block, all different brands.
I can only put it down to the sun getting more frequently through that nasty ozone layer. The sun has found the one hole in the ozone layer that everyone is talking about and, apparently, its right above both Aotearoa and Aussie.
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We kiwis get tired of being at the bottom of world maps or sometimes not even making it to a map because Australia dwarfs us and we're quite tiny, anyway. Some years ago, an enterprising kiwi business person printed an upside down map of the world, which put New Zealand at the top. It was even printed on tea-towels for tourist shops.
December 23rd: there's a guy on the net who used the same hair shampoo as me and his top half looks all red, look mine did when I thought I had sunburn. He described the feeling like acid burn! I've now changed shampoos and everything is okay.
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