Yes, a little Christmas in July for my annual summer rant. How I hate humidity. How I hate to look like I’ve taken a shower when I have not. How I hate waterfalls cascading down my face! How I hate looking like I swam in the health club pool when all I did was my [...]
Posts Tagged ‘summer’
“Oh humidity, Oh humidity, how horrid is your moisture!” (sung to Oh Christmas Tree)
Posted in weather, tagged humidity, rant, summer on July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s baack…
Posted in animals, tagged cicada, summer on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My “friend” the annual cicada in the tree outside my kitchen window just screeched that he/she was out of hibernation today. I was wondering when I’d hear it. Now that I’m starting year 2 of cicada data (thanks to my blog,) I can compare and contrast. Last year I first heard it screeching on July [...]
My annual summer rant…
Posted in weather, tagged humidity, rant, summer, weather on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As summer drags on, the humidity hangs along with it. As mentioned previously, I HATE humidity. Warm-blooded people don’t handle it well. Even in the dead of February, baby me was a little furnace, according to my mom, whose arm was always dripping after holding her baby furnace. I’ve continued to be a mini-furnace ever since. Sometimes I [...]
The dog days are here…
Posted in animals, tagged cicada, summer on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The cicada in the backyard tree began to shriek today – and on cue, started anew right as I began this post. Even though we haven’t had much summer here in Chicago (highs in the 60s and 70s), the cicada is signalling that summer is winding away. As always, I marvel that the cicada made it through [...]
Summer is officially here!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged summer on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As of 15 minutes ago, 6:59 CDT, summer officially showed up. Yay. That means the first snowflake is three and half months or so away. I guess I better enjoy the humidity while I can…
