When it's hot I always close my curtains - but almost none of my neighbours do. I often wonder what they find when they come home from work into their living rooms which face north & get several hours of sun every morning.

I live inside in summer behind my curtains with fans blowing over me.

I hope your sewing room is cool, JennieG

Fires are still raging across Australia, & will get bigger in some regiona where heat & high winds are expected.

sandra in sydney where it was 29.2 Celcius about 15 mins ago with 64% humidity, so we hav only about 5 degrees to go here in the CBD, but Sydney's western suburbs are expecting up to 39 degrees.