The heat is triggering some nice storms that look to be on the dry end, at least.

Without an AC, the house warms up really fast. 80 degrees indoors! You sort of have to be outside in the shade, completely at rest, for relief.

I go outside and use my nearby trails on most days. Except for hot days like this, I do it in the early morning instead. There is no way I can survive doing it right now.

No, it’s this tree which I have a love hate relationship with. Makes a heck of a mess when flowering blossoms die off in the next couple of weeks, then it loads up with berries that are not cherries (not sure what it is) that fall around late July into August which get run over in the driveway causing a mess, then all the leaves drop in October into November. But it’s pretty right now!

Unemployed. Drinking summer beer. Sitting on a stoop. Soaking in some 6pm sun. Life is quite alright.