Summer is officially here

Official: Summer is here.

Oreo, my furry paperweight of a cat (sleeps 23h 47 minutes a day and eats, period, end of activities), has moved his hindquarters (can't call them "HEADquarters", he is a very organic and instinctual cat) to the back deck on his (rusty) chaise lounge. So, in case you did not know yet: it is official, it IS Summer with a capital S (88 degrees forecast for today, anyway, and humidity to boot--good for your skin, they say...).

Indoors A/C hibernation begins, with white, blinding sunlight, burning of hands on car door handles, and three t-shirts a day if you do anything outdoors...
Welcome to semi-tropical paradise thirty years later... (Variation on: the Grass is always greener...)


PS: On the other hand, summer is not fully here yet, the ocean is not at 80 degrees and I don't go in if it is not at 80 degrees (rule I broke only three times in twenty some years. By The official date of summer, in three weeks, there will have been enough northern bodies in the ocean to warm it up a few more degrees and make it 80 degrees, I guess....