Today is the first in a forecasted series of 32oC days. I retreated indoors and closed blinds against the sun when breezes stilled and the motionless air outside became too heavy. Now slits of light leave stripes on the family room floor. Except for the occasional flitting dragonfly, there is no movement out in theContinue reading “Simmering Summer”
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I take it all back. I AM complaining!
I know I said I wasn’t complaining. But today our 34o temperature made us the hot spot in Canada, breaking an all time record for the date. Last year June came in as the coldest in fifty years. This year it has come in hotter than has ever been recorded in the seventy years ofContinue reading “I take it all back. I AM complaining!”
Did Someone Say It’s Summer?
I’m not complaining. Truly I’m not! After all, complaints were plentiful enough when Spring was late arriving and Winter’s chill lingered into May. So now that June has arrived with day after day of more than 30oC temperatures, we’re grateful, right? All those new forest fires mere miles from our summer cabin don’t worry usContinue reading “Did Someone Say It’s Summer?”