Hot Summer

I've been keeping a secret. I don't enjoy the summers here as much as I used to. There I said it!

I just don't know what to do about it. Clearly, I can't change the temperature, only how I live with it and my activities during the hot days.

I've cut back on my yard plans, and upkeep. I've cut back on water use as that's expensive now that it's metered. I also have a much better idea of how much I need to use to keep my plants healthy, not just surviving.

Perhaps my poor attitude has to do with the fact that we've been in the 90s and 100s for a bit now.
During the hot days I am inside the house or car which reminds me of winter when it's too cold to be out.

Stupid People/ What The ....#4

Yesterday, on my way to a party, my friend asked me to stop at Long's so she could buy a card. I stayed in my car (my lovely two days old vehicle) with the AC on.
Out of the store walks a grandma, a young woman and two little boys. And a huge, really huge bunch of balloons. Grandma opens the small sedan's doors and everyone pitches in to shove the balloons into the backseat. Then the front seat. Then the proverbial light bulb goes on. Gee, how are we going to get the family home? Grandma gets on the phone while the rest are scratching their heads. Others, whom they seem to know come out of the store and more discussion ensues.
You noticed I said I'd left the car running with the AC on? That's because it was a 90' + day.
OK, so the young woman and boys go back into the store, presumably to keep cool. Grandma gets in another car with those, "others". I'm assuming they are off the find a larger vehicle. And no, they didn't take even some of the balloons with them.
Grandma is smart though because she locks the car up with the windows tight. (Nobody is stealing those balloons!) As she slams the door a final time I hear a pop. I'm sure there were only shreds of balloons when they came back. At least there was room to get the family home then.
That's what you get when you let stupid people buy balloons without plans on how to get them home. On a hot day!

Relief

We have relief from the incessant heat. After several days of temperatures over 100' the winds have arrived, blowing cooling air across the delta and giving us a much needed break.
How did our forefathers and mothers ever manage to function when it was hot? They were tougher than we are, or maybe the expectations of them and of each other were different. Wearing clothes that covered them, were tighter and darker, no doubt were not washed that often, just let your imagination go...
Anyway, we have the cooling "Delta Breeze", so we're good, could even cut some grass good, that good!

California Hot

That's how hot it was today!

Hot, hot, hot

Hot and getting hotter

The last four days we've had temperatures over 90'. I usually enjoy days such as this, but this time around the heat is wearing me down.
While I was gone we stopped our garage overhaul project., Today I wanted to fill my van with donations, and get the garage cleared out and finished off. So we gave it some effort and nearly got it licked. All that's left to do is to haul away the useless stuff that's stacked outside.
Maybe it's time to do a couple of laps in the pool tonight. Good idea.
Splash ya later!