Aine, only those of us who have lived or are living in the great Southwest truly understand how oppressive the constant heat is in the summer months. Truth is before the great population migration and refrigeration (air-conditioning) it wasn't bad because the desert or semi-arid, would cool in the evening. Now all the concrete and block and pavement keeps that heat and radiates it back in your face.

Come visit me in the northeast where it's been raining and raining and the nights cool.

I used to sit outdoors with the sprinkler on me and not the lawn. It works as the water is quickly evaporating and cooling your skin. So how about: Cool Cool Water; or Snowing on Raton.

bflat