THE 12TH DAY OF THE 8TH MONTH OF THE YEAR OF THE CAMELLIA

HELLO FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SUN!

Going to be over a hundred today, so it feels as tho we are standing at the screen door to hell!

And scared somebody's going to open it.

Hot tar on the roads is soft to the touch and I can remember when we walked on the roads in bare feet and had to jump and run to get to the grass cause is was so cooler there.

And the grass felt like you were dancing on crunchy little spikes. 

Sometimes we had to wash our feet with a gasoline soaked rag to remove the tar.

(Old farmers trick)

Same way with the beaches, but fortunately our mothers were smarter and told us to wear our sneakers on the sand.

  Hated that sand in my shoes.

They don't call them sneakers anymore do they?

  Nor can you buy them in the supermarkets the way we used to. 

 They were cheaper there too.

 

And tar stuck to your bicycle wheels and made little squishy noises when you rode over it.

And when you looked down a long flat road or accross the field you could just see the heat shimmering on the land.

It's Summer Algore!

Just a couple of images to help with the momentary memory of cool.

The shade of a palm just before a cooling dip. (Barbados)

While it doesn't lower body temperatures, the mind perceives that it's cooler on the water.

(St. Michaels, MD)

Then there is the spot where the rubber really hits the road. 

 A hot offshore wind takes on the relentless march of tide and waves.  Combing the tops off the waves and just looking cooler.

(Outerbanks, NC)