We’ve been having unusual weather for this time of year (in this part of the world.) It’s been hot and dry. Not nearly as hot and dry as other parts of the world but generally our hot dry days coincide with the end of summer and not the middle. God knows what will happen when our summer arrives, sometime in late September.
Heat waves always leave me woefully uninspired to do much of anything. And so I binge-watched the first season of Foyle’s War, a BBC murder mystery series that ran from 2002-2015.
The series was set in the early 1940s in Hastings England. The country is expecting an invasion at any moment and the British are split between those who want to surrender and try to work out a good deal for themselves with the Nazis and those who feel the defense of England is the only thing that will save the world from fascism. Sound familiar? Enter our hero, Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle, a widower who had recently retired but, like so many of his countrymen, he has been called up for service to King and Country.
At first Foyle tries to transfer to a more important job than solving murders during a time of war, but then he realizes what is happening beneath the surface in the manor houses and quaint villages of his country. In many ways, the invasion had already begun.
Anyway, it’s a well-written and acted series. British aristocrats and wealthy Americans are greedy, no good bastards (at least so far in the series) but what’s new? There’s a sense that, once the war is over, life will return to normal. I guess that’s something we all have to believe.
Saying nothing in particular 
War … enough said. Duke
I kept thinking of the policemen in The Secret Agent (Conrad) which has the same “evil lurking in the ordinary” feeling. I’m pretty sure we’ve talked about that book before.
Yes, we have. One of the overlooked books. Although, there is a good movie. Duke
Hi. We started watching Deadwind, a Netflix detective series set in Finland. Saw the first two episodes of season one last night. They were pretty good.
I’ll give it a try. The weather supposed to be cool the next few days so I’m going to try to get some projects done!
we have seen all of Foyle it’s an interesting series and developes really well. I hope you will enjoy it 💜💜
Hi Jan, we are having a very long and cold winter here in South Africa and I have heard our summer is expected to be very hot and dry. Some normal weather would be nice for a change. That sunflower is rather unusual but it does look like one.
The flower is from a seed package marked only “for butterflies and hummingbirds” so who knows! I hope the predictions for your summer are wrong!
We’re stuck in the middle of a hot and humid pattern of weather that is severely testing my sanity. Granted it’s not the 110 degrees of the southwest, but everyday near 90 in Maine is unheard of and no one has central air.
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My mother’s family is from the middle of Massachusetts and so I remember what it felt like when temps neared 80 and thunderstorms came on in the evening. We slept on a covered porch and at night the insects were so loud that it was hard to sleep. Luckily there was a creek running through their property where we splashed around. Hope it cools down for you!
It’s actually getting hotter and more humid. I hate summer!
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My husband has watched all of Foyle’s War and tells me that I’d like it. He wants to rewatch it, so after we finish with Murdoch Mysteries, it’s on to Foyle. Our weather has been unusually wet and cool, but a heat wave is coming by the end of the week. That’s when I’ll know for sure it’s summer.
[Also answered your question today on the blog! 😉]
Yes, it seems there are a lot of parallels from that time in history to now.
Perhaps it has always been the same? I think so.
However, solving a murder, a mystery is a great escape. Thanks for the tip!
The show centers a lot on the “war effort” and whether or not everyone is doing their bit. Solving small town murders was not considering really adding to the war effort but it actually was! Fascinating premise.
Fascinating! A really great project in its own right.