Baked Texan
Have you had enough summer yet?
I'm a Summer Woman. Even so, this one has been especially brutal here in San Antonio.
In July alone, we had something like fifteen days with temperatures exceeding 100F, with the rest registering not too far beneath that bar. We broke at least one high-heat record. Water restrictions. Dust from the Sahara blown across the Atlantic to clog up our air. An abundance of rattlesnakes and coral snakes. But otherwise, beautiful sunshine!
August is often hotter than July, which makes me sweat just thinking about it. I hope this year will be the other way around. But looking around... what's a little heat?
In other places, it's been fire or rain. Followed by more fire and flooding. Or red tide. Really bad red tide. Count yourself lucky if you've never experienced any of these things. I hope none of you have been affected too badly by this year's crop of weather maladies.
I think summers when I was a kid weren't this hot or this extreme, but I didn't do the math on that so my memory may be incorrect.
In the spring, I planted pots of begonias and impatiens, which grew extremely
leggy and refused to flower once the heat set in. I'm hoping to keep them alive until it cools off and hope they bloom again.
The gardener half of our family is, of course, the winner when it comes to living things that grow in the dirt. Below are some of his beauties:
It's a good thing I didn't have many outdoor plans this summer. Most of my time was spent hanging with Gracie. We toasted the launch of Bluebonnet Ballerina, gave away copies of Jalapeno Cupcake Wench, met some fantastic book bloggers and a lot of awesome readers on a book blog tour, and ended by giving away an Amazon gift card that made one new reader really happy.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the tour. I had a great time chatting with you and answering your questions.
All in all, not a bad way to spend a really hot July.
Now I'm tired! I'm going to rest up for a little bit, maybe take some days off, before figuring out what comes next. Stay tuned 💙
What have you done this summer?
I'll be back here on Wednesday, September 3.
I'm a Summer Woman. Even so, this one has been especially brutal here in San Antonio.
In July alone, we had something like fifteen days with temperatures exceeding 100F, with the rest registering not too far beneath that bar. We broke at least one high-heat record. Water restrictions. Dust from the Sahara blown across the Atlantic to clog up our air. An abundance of rattlesnakes and coral snakes. But otherwise, beautiful sunshine!
August is often hotter than July, which makes me sweat just thinking about it. I hope this year will be the other way around. But looking around... what's a little heat?
In other places, it's been fire or rain. Followed by more fire and flooding. Or red tide. Really bad red tide. Count yourself lucky if you've never experienced any of these things. I hope none of you have been affected too badly by this year's crop of weather maladies.
I think summers when I was a kid weren't this hot or this extreme, but I didn't do the math on that so my memory may be incorrect.
In the spring, I planted pots of begonias and impatiens, which grew extremely
leggy and refused to flower once the heat set in. I'm hoping to keep them alive until it cools off and hope they bloom again.
The gardener half of our family is, of course, the winner when it comes to living things that grow in the dirt. Below are some of his beauties:
It's a good thing I didn't have many outdoor plans this summer. Most of my time was spent hanging with Gracie. We toasted the launch of Bluebonnet Ballerina, gave away copies of Jalapeno Cupcake Wench, met some fantastic book bloggers and a lot of awesome readers on a book blog tour, and ended by giving away an Amazon gift card that made one new reader really happy.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the tour. I had a great time chatting with you and answering your questions.
All in all, not a bad way to spend a really hot July.
Now I'm tired! I'm going to rest up for a little bit, maybe take some days off, before figuring out what comes next. Stay tuned 💙
What have you done this summer?
I'll be back here on Wednesday, September 3.
Comments
Glad the launch of your latest was a success.
Enjoy your break.
Diane - If I can keep them alive, I can hope.
Murees - Water restrictions are no fun. I'm the same as you about snakes.
EC - I'm going to do a lot of reading. At least that's the plan.
a weird experience. I hate that it's an ongoing thing.
Hope the weather cools down for you soon.
Andrea - Too bad he had to graduate during summer. The other times of the year are wonderful here. Husband is the one with the amazing green thumb :) So true about the stench of Red Tide. It's dangerous for humans and animals. We're in the mid-90s this week. Yay!
Jo-Anne - I think it's some of both. So that probably makes it worse on the 'how it feels' side.
I hope the temperatures cool off a bit and the fires get put out. :)
~Jess
Jess - I've been hearing about y'all's crazy weather. Tornados are so scary. I hope the same about temps and fires.
Global warming is really on the rampage, hey? Those are blazing temperatures...
Susan - I know. I've been reading about the heat everywhere. I do feel sorry for those who don't have air conditioning. They'll rethink if this becomes a regular happening. I hope it doesn't. A little crisp morning air sounds really good right now :)
But after the cold/rainy spring we had, I'm not complaining. :-)
I've been having an awesome summer, although I can already feel the shift in the air with college kids going back to school in our town. Feeling like September already.