Wow, it's hot! (AGAIN)

Is it just me or has this been an unusual year - weather wise?  As a child I remember years like this; bitterly cold snowy days followed quickly by blistering hot summer (and no A/C back then).  The weather didn't seem to go to such extremes when I was raising my children or it that just the way I remember it?

I had always heard older people complain that they no longer could tolerate the cold but I had never thought too much about it until I started feeling the effects of cold and heat on my now senior body.  One of Les' favorite quotes was "I don't like temperatures below my age."  I now say I don't like temperatures below my age or above my father's age (Dad is 85).  Picky? Yes, I guess I am.

Children appear to cope better with the extreme temperature changes.  My mother believed fresh air was good for children so my siblings and I were kicked out in the snow and the hot sun no matter what the temp.  (My twin and I are the eldest of a tribe of six wild Indians so my mother may have had ulterior motives for us to be outside other than our health but she was the boss and we never questioned her.)

No use in complaining.  Weather is one of those things we cannot change unless we have the time and money to travel to faraway exotic lands where the weather is always pleasant.  Today the weatherman has promised another sweltering hot day with the temperature once again in the triple digits. (I love the way he said that as if the temperature would reach 200 or 300 degrees.)  One hundred degrees or not I still plan to mow my grass.  It will probably take me all day.  I'll mow a few minutes then drag my sweat covered body inside to the A/C and a tall refreshing glass of ice tea with lots and lots of ice.  James Dent describes a perfect summer day as "the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken."  That describes this lovely summer day to the T except my lawn mower is not broken.  Darn the luck.