Drawing In

There are lots of unspoken rules over here. It is now late September, and even if it was warm, it would not be seen to be appropriate to sit out in the garden with friends. Nor should you have doors open to the fresh air. This is because "the nights are drawing in", whatever that means. To an Australian, it sounds very Enid Blyton, or maybe Tolkein. This is when you need to start protecting yourself from the weather, when the darkness holds a perceived threat, when you feel glad there are all those bricks, blinds, curtains, shutters, wallpapers, rugs etc between you and the night. Oh well, give me a few weeks, and I'll no doubt be glad, too!