getting my outdoors
highs in the nineties, damn hot
in the sun, past two weeks
same for the next week
even 8am sees high seventies
reading the paper on the porch
at 7am the extent of my outdoors
damn humidity makes it no better
might as well be raining and it does
on and off, with rain tonight
enough is enough
if the rain stops
in the morning I’ll be on the water
hugging the bank
hugging the shade,
getting my outdoors
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It is warm here, too, on the mild coast, and then inland, in the valleys, hills, and mountains, it is warmer still, and in the desert, it is hot, so hot Hot HOT but “It’s a dry heat” he said, burning to death in Hansel & Gretel’s witch oven oh my.
Enjoy the water when you get to it ! ! !
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Will do. Thank you, Daniel.
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I don’t want to hear it. Our lows are in the upper 80s low 90s. Glad you can keep cool on the water.
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😜 Sigh. The lives we choose.
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I actually wouldn’t go back. I deal with the heat much better than the cold and snow.
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The only place to be outside in this heat is in or on the water.
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Amen.
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Our weather is behaving for once, so I’m enjoying pottering about in my garden!
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🙂 Enjoy!
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Reblogged this on Anita Dawes & Jaye Marie ~ Authors.
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Thank you for sharing.
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I hope you got out. It has been so hot and humid here that I haven’t even wanted to walk at 7 AM–then it rained all day yesterday. We were fortunate that it was nice Thursday night, so we actually went out and sat outside at a winery.
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Fingers crossed for tomorrow morning.
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😀
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That sounds like a good solution. I take my walks early, and even then I’m bathed in sweat. But inside is stifling, even with 3 fans. (K)
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I lucked out. There was a nice breeze Sunday morning, so I wasn’t hot, even paddling in the sun. I wrote a haibun about the experience and submitted it to Amethyst Review. It will appear there in September.
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That’s great! Congratulations!
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I like warm weather. All the way into my bones. I would like to be in a canoe on a creek or lake once again in my life, though.
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Exertion in the heat drains me, but I’m actually hotter sitting still in the kayak, on these hotter days. Paddling, I make my own breeze. To top it off, there was a nice gentle breeze, Sunday morning.
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I hear you mumbling about this summer heat! It is really cookin’ … 93 here today! We went to the park to meet the family for lunch today. Humidity was down so it was not bad in the shade when the breeze blew through. Home by two and did not go out again!! It is summer time!!
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I had a gentle breeze on the water, which made for a nice paddle.
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:>)
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