Sunday, August 7, 2011

Summer Weather in the Valley

As expected, morning and evening are the best times to spend outside here in Merced (unless, I have heard, you have a pool).  We are fortunate to have a very shady backyard at our rental home due to a large number of mature trees, which is somewhat of a rarity here  We've been assured that this summer has been uncharacteristically cool and we shouldn't get used to it.  The only triple digit run we had was 4th of July weekend, which was a bit hot for my taste.  Of course the old saying about it being a dry heat is very true.  A little shade and a breeze and 95 degrees doesn't actually feel that hot.

We do try and keep the huskies indoors during the heat of the day as much as possible, but I sit outside with them in the mornings on the weekends and in the evenings most nights of the week.  Ili likes to lay in the grass or the cedar chips:


While Kodi, ever the protector, can't help but constantly sweep the fence perimeter:

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