19/94: Cheating

Jul 9, 2010 | 94 Days of Summer

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Day Nineteen: I lounged around and read books all day, so I’m cheating by putting up a photo my sister-in-law took of our house on the 4th of July. I’m amazed at how much the greenery has grown in just a year!

16/94: Sprinklers!

Jul 6, 2010 | 94 Days of Summer

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Day Sixteen: Miss Sophie thinks we put on the sprinkler just so she can attack the water. I’ll confess, we support her delusions and she lets us dress her up in cute clothes.

15/94: Change on the Air

Jul 5, 2010 | 94 Days of Summer

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Day Fifteen: Peace flags and a view of the river through my window.

Rumor has it, there’s a change in the air. And let’s face it, when we’re talking weather forecasts, it’s all conjecture. If you’re to believe those well-paid liars at 11 pm, tomorrow is the start of a sun streak bringing temps that are definitely summer-like. Not the nearly frigid 60’s that North Coast Oregonians are resigned to call warm— but hand-to-god steamy, yummy, let’s strip naked and streak through the streets balmy 80’s. And not just the random, isolated day of lovely, but a whole darn week of loveliness. Well, five days anyhow.

And while I remain completely skeptical, I also remain resolutely optimistic. Should we actually get a string of  real summer days, the weather might not be the only thing making the 11 o’clock news.