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May in Scotland has got to be my absolute favourite time of year. I’m always smiling! Here are a few reasons:
1. Lots of sun! I never think that I’m that dour during the winter months but I do realise once the sun comes out how much I probably wasn’t chipper.
2. Green! In California, we don’t have this amazing, yellow electric green.
3. The Botanic Gardens — Everything’s in bloom and there are loads of people about. And they all get ice cream even when it’s windy.
4. Taking walks with my husband — We used to walk together after dinner nearly every night in Pasadena. And the urge strikes us again when it warms up in Scotland. We talk better together while walking than while sitting.
5. Daylight hours increase — On the chance that it’s still overcast, we still get light from about 5 am to 10 pm (with the sun setting around 9 pm but then we get about another hour of civil twilight).
6. Wearing a light jacket — gone are the scarves, tights and gloves. Now I just put on a jean or corduroy jacket and I’m set to go.
7. University clears out — The undergraduates all have exams in May; but when they’re over the library and other facilities are purely the domain of the postgrads. Thus less people = more work done (theoretically at least).
8. Gets me in the mood to travel — I love that the Brits all go on exotic holidays all at the same time. It means that everyone’s planning their summer holidays in the sun. (Granted we have too much work to do and not enough money to really think about travelling this summer…) (The summer travel bug isn’t alleviated now that my parents have just come back from the Caribbean; check out some pictures here as well as my dad’s blog for more).
9. Barbequeing — Jonathan and Sarah have a lovely BBQ that we borrow. This means we get to make hamburgers (steaks are rather too pricy) on occasion!
10. The pink trees in the Meadows are in flower — And I need to go get some pictures of them!

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