Summer

Night blooming jasmine - lines the back fence and smells wonderful on these warm summer evenings.

Hubby still having medical "issues" and is scheduled for more tests tomorrow morning. To keep his mind off of things I suggested we go to the mall and just walk around - he never goes to the mall but there's a lot of new building going on and he knows a lot of contractors and thought he might run into someone he knew. He didn't but we had a good time anyway. Looked at some new furniture but didn't buy anything, just collecting ideas. We are both such impulse buyers and this time we want to take our time and do it right.

The extreme heat predicted didn't materialize - we didn't even hit 100 today and it's supposed to start cooling a little over the next few days. What in the world did people do before air conditioning? I know we didn't always have it in cars but I never remember being uncomfortable while riding or driving, just rolled the windows down. Wait, I remember a Volvo we bought when we moved down here from Washington. The salesman said we wouldn't need air-conditioning as we lived in Orange Co - we believed him until the first heatwave. Husband took pity on me (his company car had a/c) and he rigged up a fan on the dashboard. It was controlled by a toggle switch. The first time it was really warm, I turned on the switch and the fan blew hot, hot, hot air in my face. Not quite what I expected. Gave us a good laugh though.