Heat Break!
Winnipeg has also been sitting under this heat dome that is blanketing the midwest, and it is just gross. I do not do heat well - there is a reason I live in a place nicknamed "Winterpeg"! (City Motto: It may be minus 40 Celsius, but it's a DRY cold!) -20C bothers me not at all, but I feel sick when the temperature is high. I am profoundly grateful that I a) have air conditioning; and b) work at home. I cling to my a/c vents when it is 37C and pat them and call them pet names.
But the heat broke for us - apparently just for a few days - on Friday and yesterday was actually a bit cool. It was DELIGHTFUL!! I spent much of the afternoon and evening sitting on our new screen porch, (which protects us from Manitoba's provincial bird, the mosquito) with a purring cat, a short rain squall followed by quietly dripping trees, volume 3 of Song of Ice and Fire and a cup of tea. Lovely.
We were able to eat dinner on the porch (it has been too hot for me to use for the last 10 days or so) and then our wonderful neighbours came over with dessert. An excellent day all round.
Today is a bit warmer but still reasonably pleasant - I gather late in the week it is supposed to go back up over 30C (which is around 86F for those who do not speak metric) but I am keeping fingers crossed that the heat wave breaks all over the midwest before we head down to Musecon in 10 days time.
And aside from whining about the heat I have come to the conclusion that I am incredibly blessed and fortunate in my life, my family, friends, home and even country. None of whom are perfect but all of whom are wonderful. (My beloved having his biopsy results come back all negative, everything benign, probably has a large part to do with a positive frame of mind!) World news makes me sad (which is why I try to avoid it as much as possible) but it also puts things into perspective for sure!
So I will try to not whine about heat and just send waves of love and fairy dust out into the ether, to hopefully improve someone else's day. Hugs and foot rubs all round!
But the heat broke for us - apparently just for a few days - on Friday and yesterday was actually a bit cool. It was DELIGHTFUL!! I spent much of the afternoon and evening sitting on our new screen porch, (which protects us from Manitoba's provincial bird, the mosquito) with a purring cat, a short rain squall followed by quietly dripping trees, volume 3 of Song of Ice and Fire and a cup of tea. Lovely.
We were able to eat dinner on the porch (it has been too hot for me to use for the last 10 days or so) and then our wonderful neighbours came over with dessert. An excellent day all round.
Today is a bit warmer but still reasonably pleasant - I gather late in the week it is supposed to go back up over 30C (which is around 86F for those who do not speak metric) but I am keeping fingers crossed that the heat wave breaks all over the midwest before we head down to Musecon in 10 days time.
And aside from whining about the heat I have come to the conclusion that I am incredibly blessed and fortunate in my life, my family, friends, home and even country. None of whom are perfect but all of whom are wonderful. (My beloved having his biopsy results come back all negative, everything benign, probably has a large part to do with a positive frame of mind!) World news makes me sad (which is why I try to avoid it as much as possible) but it also puts things into perspective for sure!
So I will try to not whine about heat and just send waves of love and fairy dust out into the ether, to hopefully improve someone else's day. Hugs and foot rubs all round!