I do not care for this heat and am finding it unbearable right now since we do not have air conditioning. Normally one does not really need it during the summer in the part of Oregon that we live in. This summer though has been another story.
My two boys decided after lunch to pay a visit to the river that always seems to be cold in attempts to cool off on this hot July afternoon. Once my daughter is done napping I just might join them.
I have not been around my computer the past four days and have lots of blogs to get caught up on as well as some posts to write. I have been busy in the kitchen as well as the garden and hope to have some good posts about both later on this week.
Until then I am leaving my readers with this beautiful picture I took of the Columbia River Gorge back in May. It was taken not too far from where we call home. Stay cool everyone!
Ugh! I took a trip up to Oregon to visit a friend in the middle of a heat wave like that once. Nope, no AC up there. We rigged the two story apartment with the door open on the bottom and a fan blowing the hot air our one of the top windows, or we’d have not gotten any sleep.
But it was only 108. 116. Aye-yai-yai!
Yeah, you need to jump in that river and stay there for a while.
~Faith
I thought almost 100 here by Seattle was hot, but you really got hit with the heat. I’m tired of it being this hot too, no AC either. I hope you had a chance to cool off in the water.
Oh geez, that is just insane. If we wanted to be that hot, we’d live in the desert, right?!? So sorry, what a nightmare. I thought it was bad here, but that’s just nuts. Good luck and hope you do get to spend time in the river! I was in and out of a small lake today, an hour’s drive from Seattle. It made the day so much more bearable. Hang in there!
Wow, that’s an incredible view, and right near your home! I’m cooled off just looking at it. I’m surprised it’s so hot there in Oregon. Here in central Ohio we are having a much cooler summer than usual. I don’t think we hit 90 in the month of July, and much of it was in the 70’s. Weird. But it’s also been dry as a bone, and we are begging for rain. Good thing it’s not really hot, hot and dry together would be miserable.
That sort of heat is just ridiculous for your area! Wrong in so many ways. Hope you cool off soon.
I say we should all meet up at the coast where the weather has been more bearable…I bet we could get quite a group of us who are melting in our unusual…and unwelcome…heat!!! LOVE that picture of the gorge, I think I’m going to make hubby drive down there this weekend!
Stay Cool, Kim
I work very hard at being queen of no ac in a place that rarely really needs it. It calls for lots of dense table cloths and such on windows and on the outside of the window even better, gallon jugs of water frozen and placed around the house, no light bulbs on unless absolutely necessary, no going in and out, shutting windows at just the right time and opening them again at just the right time. It is a lot of work. And it is still sticky. As much work as keeping warm in the winter when the temperatures dip farther than normal. A lot of work along with keeping all the birds and animals alive and well and pots watered. Stay cool and enjoy your river. The mucky beaver pond could get inviting if this keeps up.
Oh’ my I saw that on the news! Just do the best you can, and take things easy. I sure wish I could send you some of this cold rainy weather we are having. Setting some of our own records here as well rain, rain, rain. Cold! It’s almost 70 today.
I’ll think about your sun and heat and you can think about our cold rain…..:(
What a strange summer…all over….
Karyn
You live in a beautiful area.
Hi again Cynthia, sorry you are continuing to suffer with the horrible heat. I feel like we are cursed this year. I hope we get some relief soon, especially your area which just seems to get hit harder even than we have. Hope you and the family/garden are doing okay! Thanks for your comment tonight, despite the hot laptop.
I am so sorry about that heat! That is one thing that does me in quicker than anything. Simply cannot function when it’s like that. You really have my sympathy. Do whatever it takes to survive. Let us know when you can breathe again. Gorgeous photo (as usual).