I have a summer house here in the UK.
The weather here is bland as is the food and the conversation
(which pretty much centres around the weather).
On the up side everyone here is either drunk or hungover so
the morning mist and chill suits very well. Europe is just a taxi
drive away (cost wise) and there are no little bush or water critters
waiting to take a chunk. All in all a nice canvas on which to paint.