Sunday, July 24, 2011

Ya'll need to come on out

Heading west
It's another glorious day in southern California. I hesitate to write it because I know the majority of you are out there sweltering and it might sound all smug. But I didn't have any part of this weather, this glorious seventy in the morning and sixty put on a sweatshirt evening sleep with the windows open and no ac all day. I am grateful for it, every single day. On bad days, it saves me.

So come on out, ya'll. You can stay with us for free.
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15 comments:

  1. From the KitchenJuly 24, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    I am sorely tempted to hook up the team and head west. It has been raining all morning but, instead of cooling off, it has just gotten steamy. Thanks for the invitation!!

    Best,
    Bonnie

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  2. karioJuly 24, 2011 at 11:05 AM

    We have finally gotten "summer" here in Washington state, too. It's a glorious, cloudless sky with the kids playing in the sprinkler and iced tea in the fridge. I'm feeling mighty blessed and lucky right now!

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  3. Phil DzialoJuly 24, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    73 degrees on Cape Cod...I have no complaints either...enjoy, I'm sure it won't last

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  4. Tess KincaidJuly 24, 2011 at 2:09 PM

    Get ready. I'm packing. I won't be coming by covered wagon, though.

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  5. LeslieJuly 24, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    packing my bags...

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  6. AnonymousJuly 24, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    Git along, little dogies. There'll be cute lil' cupcakes, too, I'm a thinkin'.

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  7. adrienneJuly 24, 2011 at 7:52 PM

    i'm so glad it's saving you on those rough days; it's hot here, but michelle's new sanctuary has a pool, so i say hot schmot! xo

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  8. SandraJuly 24, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    I've got myself a couple of driving horses and a cart. But I didn't need to leave home today, although it was not quite as nice as there, it was definitely better than it has been. Take the good you have and enjoy it. I know how to hook up a hitch and drive it. If I need to I may be lumbering on to your way. I'll call you.

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  9. BirdieJuly 24, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    I hate the heat. I am an Autumn girl. I love sweater weather.

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  10. michelleJuly 24, 2011 at 9:29 PM

    it's been 101 here for the last 3 days. Like Adrienne says thank god for the pool!

    xoxoxo

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  11. AnonymousJuly 24, 2011 at 11:02 PM

    I know what you mean, the weather - temperature, light, colors - affects me deeply. That's why I don't particularly like visiting my US in-laws, they live near Seattle :)

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  12. UnknownJuly 25, 2011 at 12:58 AM

    It was beautiful up here in the bay area this weekend, as well, except I don't have yummy cakes in my house!

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  13. krlrJuly 25, 2011 at 5:33 AM

    Hurrumph! My family (also in CA) seem to be mocking me with their casual mention of morning coffee on the deck in SWEATERS. Cruelty, defined.

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  14. LeslieJuly 25, 2011 at 6:11 AM

    Elizabeth, the line I quoted in that sunset post is from this poem by William Carlos Williams (and it seems appropriate, somehow, to your enviable weather) :

    The Botticellian Trees

    The alphabet of
    the trees

    is fading in the
    song of the leaves

    the crossing
    bars of the thin

    letters that spelled
    winter

    and the cold
    have been illumined

    with
    pointed green

    by the rain and sun --
    The strict simple

    principles of
    straight branches

    are being modified
    by pinched-out

    ifs of color, devout
    conditions

    the smiles of love --

    . . . .

    until the stript
    sentences

    move as a woman's
    limbs under cloth

    and praise from secrecy
    quick with desire

    love's ascendancy
    in summer --

    In summer the song
    sings itself

    above the muffled words --

    -- William Carlos Williams

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  15. SECRET PEPPER PERSON:July 27, 2011 at 4:33 AM

    I'll hitch up the horses now...

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