(which describes our weather lately...)

Desine plura, Hiems; rerum tu prodigus atrox.
Et veniet cuculus, pastorum dulcis amicus!
Collibus in nostris erumpant germina laeta,
Pascua sit pecori, requies et dulcis in arvis,
Et virides rami praestent umbracula fessis,
Uberibus plenis veniuntque ad mulctra capellae
Et volucres varia Phoebum sub voce salutent!

- from Alcuin, Conflictus Veris et Hiemis


it rather reminds me of a few days ago when i told someone, well at least i'll be getting back to the tropics where there is proper weather. and my friend said, honey, this is weather. what you have is climate.