“The summer night is like a perfection of thought.” –Wallace Stevens

“In summer, the song sings itself.” –William Carlos Williams

Sometimes I take stock of myself or my life and remember the simple things that, if I but notice them, make life easier. At times that is about the best way to get through. A perfect summer night is one of them.

It has been beautiful around here lately. I never fail to recognize it when I feel the breeze, and it is cool. Warm days, but not blistering, and cooling off at night. By August, and even into October, the cool down is practically minimal.

I was waiting for summer to share these quotes. The trouble for me is that summer here can be just too, too hot. When it is, I run my errands early in the morning or after 5 pm. I don’t know how people survived minus air conditioning.

Well, as a kid, we headed to the lake. And when we were in town, we lived at the swimming pool.

The other day I saw a great old car — it looked brand new — and as much as I might have liked tooling around in it, a blast from the past, there wasn’t any air conditioning. Nope, no can do!

Right now, today, I was thinking that for June we are having very temperate weather. I’m surprised it isn’t hotter, but a lot of it is because we’ve had literally inches of rain. Afternoon rains cool it down right quick. For me, it’s even better if there’s some overcast. Let the sun come out, and it is too, too hot.

How about you? do you like it hot?

Karin

Originally posted 2007-06-13 20:15:22.

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