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July 21, 2009 at 6:11 pm #672594
MargLMemberThe saddest thing would be the tomatoes just getting ripe then having heavy rains so they all split! Argh!
July 21, 2009 at 6:15 pm #672595
JenVMemberI am loving this weather. It’s so nice to be warm, and then it cools off so nice at night. Sure, it’s a (quite literal!) pain in the arse having leather interior in the car when it’s this hot, but this is the nicest summer I can remember in quite awhile, and we don’t get this too often. Vive le summer!
July 21, 2009 at 6:33 pm #672596
pampireMemberI enjoy the sun but anything over 80 is too hot for me so I splurged on a portable AC unit. My roommate also had a great suggestion to help keep the house cooler. Place aluminum foil over the windows that get the most sun. The heat is also saving me laundry money since the boyfriend rigged a clothesline in the backyard and we started hanging our clothes to dry. I also appreciate that the lawn is dormant, so no more lawn mower racket, and my tomato garden is doing great. The bumper crop of mosquitoes gets a big, itchy thumbs down!
July 21, 2009 at 9:59 pm #672597
maplesyrupParticipantJuly 21, 2009 at 10:14 pm #672598
JustSarahParticipant*High-five* to maplesyrup.
July 21, 2009 at 11:29 pm #672599
angelescrestParticipantHate it! Groan when I find that bright sunlight streaming in so early. It’s hard to get exercise when the sun’s beating down, and the sunglasses are suddenly sub-par. Reminds me of that awful bright, hot, barely-breathable air in CA.
Books read better, food tastes better, music is richer. However, there is nothing like a tomato off the vine under a warm sun.
July 22, 2009 at 1:45 am #672600
KevinParticipantAs a fair skin red head, I’m already beginning to count the days until fall.
If this goes on much longer, I think I will post a thread and see if there is any interest in doing a rain dance one of these evenings.
Very depressing to look at the extended forecast and see a prediction of sun for every day in the forecast.
Has anyone heard if the city is opening up cooling centers where people can go and escape the heat? :)
July 22, 2009 at 2:02 am #672601
fetchwestMemberI miss the rain and cooler weather a little, but I know I’ll be kicking myself this winter for saying so!
July 22, 2009 at 2:04 am #672602
WSMomParticipantI have red ripe tomatos!! My Early Girl’s have come through yet again! My “Siletz” and yellow cherry varieties have also yielded ripe fruit.
July 22, 2009 at 2:08 am #672603
MargLMemberre: cooling centers. In the past the some of community centers have been open as cooling centers. I don’t know if they’re official open for that, now, tho’.
July 22, 2009 at 2:55 am #672604
BonnieParticipantI love it!
July 22, 2009 at 3:31 am #672605
hammerheadParticipantlove it just a barbecue with great friends and even roasted peaches(dessert) and we didn’t get cold.
although trapping feral cats isn’t going so well. go figure much more sucessful during winter months.
July 22, 2009 at 5:27 am #672606
IrukandjiParticipantDancing with Kevin here.
July 22, 2009 at 5:57 am #672607
CountingCoupMemberWhat I love about summer is how summer nights feel on porches, decks or just out and about.
The Seattle city lights are too bright to really see all of the stars, but its nice not having to look at the ceiling…
My problem is I don’t want to go to bed for my day job, because our summer nights in Seattle are so awesome… ~yawn~
July 22, 2009 at 6:48 am #672608
JanSParticipantI live across the street from Admiral Safeway…my “cooling center”…the frozen section ;D
July 22, 2009 at 3:45 pm #672609
JoBParticipantJuly 22, 2009 at 3:50 pm #672610
CountingCoupMemberPartially cloudy, 83 deg high and 61 deg low…
We should have a similar day tomorrow, rest your dancing feet for a “hot” weekend! 90’s…..
July 22, 2009 at 3:58 pm #672611
JoBParticipantOh good.. i don’t have to rush out to water before my plants are parched…
July 22, 2009 at 4:59 pm #672612
wundrgrrrlParticipantJust read that the period of May 20th to July 19th has been the dryest period on record since 1891. Wow! And Monday’s predicted to reach 96?! I’m quite certain our office building A/C is going to fail as it usually does when it gets over 90. Hope my furballs will be able to survive that kind of heat… anyone have a recipe for chicken popsicles?
July 22, 2009 at 6:16 pm #672613
CountingCoupMemberwundergrrrl,
Might have to fill up the tub a bit so the furballs have an indoor swimming pool to cool themselves off.
July 22, 2009 at 6:30 pm #672614
maplesyrupParticipantJuly 22, 2009 at 7:52 pm #672615
wundrgrrrlParticipantBoth excellent ideas ~ thanks!
July 23, 2009 at 3:01 am #672616
jsrekdMemberI too love it, born & raised in the PNW – love the cool, gloomy days of winter – and love the sun when it comes. The best thing is you know if you don’t like it, it’ll change soon. Next week’s forecast is perfect for camping in the Olympic Peninsula doncha’ think?
July 23, 2009 at 5:42 am #672617
CountingCoupMemberAwwww Olympics in 90+ heat? Can’t get better than that! Don’t forget your bug spray…
July 23, 2009 at 10:36 pm #672618
swimcatMemberI LOVE this weather! I lived in Tucson for 5 years so this isn’t too bad. And we have AC at home (yay for the heatpump!). So this has been great. I also LOVED every minute of the snow storms from last winter. I wish we had extremes like this every year!!!
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