Oh, Aine! It's been cool here in Cow Hampsha -- only in the 80s & 90s, but I sure wish I could send you some of our recent rain and humidity!! The sun is actually out right now (glaring on my computer screen, fer-petesake) for about the first time in two weeks, but I'm mildewing, the house is rotting, and the white deck furniture is turning green from the bottom and black from the top. And when it hasn't been raining, the humidity has been about as high as it can go without actually raining to earth. The garden loves it. I, on the other hand, feel like I'm in a rain forest (and afternoon thunderstorms ARE expected...).

Last summer (when WE had the drought) we ate every meal on the quarterdeck 'cuz it was too hot in the house. This summer we've eaten out there once -- rain and mosquitoes keep us indoors. I tested out my hammock under the hemlocks right after I hung it up in May -- but that was the last time I was in it. And now it's probably rotted too much to take my weight!

Bat Goddess