summer over?

The weatherman is calling for "a strong fall front" next Monday, night-time temperatures in the sixties Monday and the fifties (!?!) on Tuesday. Looks like those three 102°s and one 100° in the first half of August will be it for the triple-digits. Last year there were 25 days in August at or over 100°.

Of course, the year before that gave us a reading of 104° on September 28th! But a repeat of that really does seem unlikely. So the warmest year on record may be balanced by one of the cooler, and certainly wetter. Wetter through early July, that is. We had a grand total of 0.08" in August, and not much so far for September, though we got some last night. Only scattered, though. I talked to a woman at the pool today who lives west of town, and she didn't get any.

I do hope it stays warm enough to not discourage TWU from repeating its open-through-September pool policy. I am afraid that front we're supposed to get Monday may chill the water pretty drastically. Well, we shall see.

One picture I need to get is the blooming Snow-on-the-Mountain. Kay and I were remarking last week how pretty it was. It always seems to be beautiful in late summer, despite having practically no rain during its whole growing season. I wonder how it does it.