Listen, I don’t want to get ahead of things here, because I learned early on that declaring summer to finally “be here” in the Pacific Northwest is a sure path down the road to frequent disappointment. That being said it’s been lovely in Portland the last day or so and the forecast for tomorrow is even nicer, so I can’t blame anyone who wanted to, say, go the beach and fly a kite.
As always for this time of year, it’s going to take me at least three more weeks until my eyes, long used to weeks upon weeks of cloud cover, finally adjust to the blue skies and large amount of ambient sunlight. It will be at least three weeks after that before I start hearing people complain about the heat, and wishing for the rains to come back (I wish I were joking about this last part).
June 4th, 2011 on 9:02 am
I feel similarly. I will likely complain when the heat gets too much. I know I will and I apologize in advance for it.
June 5th, 2011 on 7:23 am
Don’t get me wrong, when the weather hits a hundred degrees I will find myself wishing for a good ol’ fashioned rain storm to break the heat and bring some relief. But when it’s just in the 80s? (which is about how warm it has to get before I hear complaints, or at least I did when I worked in an office and had to field complaints who thought the weren’t getting enough air conditioning.)
June 4th, 2011 on 10:57 pm
Summer is here because I have the first yearly sun burn. And DAMMIT if I am sunburned then IT IS SUMMER!
June 5th, 2011 on 7:24 am
Oh honey. I promise I won’t let you get sunburned again.
June 5th, 2011 on 5:28 am
When it gets too hot around here, I may secretly wish for a mini blizzard. But I do so quietly. Really.
June 5th, 2011 on 7:25 am
Ha ha, well I imagine Chicago gets pretty muggy in the summer. At the same time, I bet you’re glad to have a break from having week after week of it never getting above freezing.
June 6th, 2011 on 9:35 am
that photo is one of the few instagram / hipstamatic photos that i really enjoy. great capture!
i always complain about heat. can’t handle it…to the point of getting migraines from it. but never once do i bitch about rain or snow or anything else so i consider that somehow ok. i’m weird…i know.
so sweet that you promised not to let sarah get a sunburn again. you win best comment on your own blog!
June 8th, 2011 on 7:06 am
I’ve griped about the rain plenty this year because we’ve already had four feet of it in Portland as of April (almost a foot more than we normally get in a year, and only four months in, too!). I will welcome the heat, but once it hits a hundred you can bet I’ll be kvetching like everyone else.
June 13th, 2011 on 5:39 pm
I have two summer survival tips for you: 1) Sunscreen. (They sell this magic substance in Wenatchee, on account of it being mostly sunny here even in the winter. I could totally send you some for Sarah!); and 2) Beer. When it gets too hot you should drink icy cold beer. It is magic!
June 16th, 2011 on 7:44 am
I eschew sunscreen because I still like to think I am the tanned young man of yesteryear, instead of this dude who spends nine months under clouds, and so shouldn’t ever get a real sunburn. But I’ll try the beer idea! Because let’s face it, beer is my remedy for just about anything.