Summer - 21 September 2026

All right, 49216216 to connect with Judy Sharpe this afternoon.

Now, Judy, you keenly mentioned a few moments ago that we've pretty much got that summer vibe happening at the moment.

We

have, certainly, and why I thought it was summer...

Because it was hot? Very funny, Mark.

No, because I let King Arthur, the Boston Terrier, out in the garden yesterday.

And I always sit out there in case some silly person opens the gate and lets him out.

And while I'm sitting there, I realised these two little honey eaters were dive bombing him.

Boom.

Oh, wow.

Boom, boom.

You know why? Because they've made a nest in one of my magnolias.

And They were checking up on that nest all the time.

He wasn't going to touch it, of course, but they were being really nasty to him.

But to me, that is a sign of summer when the birds are nesting.

Don't you think, Mark?

Oh, absolutely.

I mean, we have the magpies that swoop on us.

Oh, yeah, they're

swooping on everyone.

Yeah, well, little Arthur didn't even realise what they were doing.

I can tell you, he gets so absorbed in chasing lizards.

But they were dive-bombing him and I thought, hello, summer's here.

bit early because it really should only be spring.

But we don't want 30-something degrees yet, do we?