The Dog Days of Summer
It is—plainly—the Dog Days of summer. When I got home from Calgary last night (at midnight), the first thing my husband said to me was, "Welcome to Hell!" It was 117 degrees (F.) last Friday (which was OK, because I was in Calgary, where the inhabitants kept apologizing for the "heat" (it was about 85)), and 112 or so today.
Still, many things thrive in this climate—including prickly pear cactus (above) and geckos (right). This little pink guy (he’s about three inches long) is one of the f...
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Elizabeth
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Aug 20, 2015 11:17AM
That's too hot for me! I wilt at 75 degrees. My husband repeatedly asks me how I can have been born and raised in Florida where it gets so hot and so humid that when you step outside you can't breathe. I tell him the secret is in the air conditioning.
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Unfortunately, that is normal weather where I live :(
Yup, in Surprise, Arizona here. It is crazy hot but I was like one of those geckos in my previous life. LOL I moved here to get away from the Texas humidity.
Are you back in AZ? I got my mom to finally read the Outlander Series. She has finished the 8 books and I am talking her into reading the Lord John series. She got so hooked she talked her book club into reading book one and now they are reading the rest but not for the book club.
I have experienced that type of heat only twice. I live in Denver, we do have triple digits but not that much heat.
I live in Las Vegas and when I picked up my son after his first day of 5th grade, I had to wait outside - without shade - for over half an hour. Normally, the wait would have been fine, and I actually enjoy the heat, but it was about 108. I thought about writing to the school district, giving them permission to use my tax money for an awning; but as we are generally the worst (or near so) school district in the country, I decided the awning had to wait.
That would be nice if the school had something for parents to stand under while waiting for children, but I understand that the money should really go to the education of children. I would suggest maybe taking a umbrella to at least give you some shade during those high heat days and keep you out of the very hot sun.
That is very hot. The weather this summer was hot in Connecticut, but it was nice this year.
