Heater Hogs

I can't get warm. The dogs are blocking the heater! >:-(

Dinner and a Campfire

   ...But wait! There's more! After enjoying a gorgeous sunset, I met everyone back at camp for a steak dinner (thanks Scott & Allyson!!!), and then we walked up to the Esbergs' campsite to enjoy drinks & snacks with everyone around the campfire. We laughed and talked for a while, and I found it increasingly difficult to keep my eyes open after such a fun-packed day.

   This time when I went to bed, I threw caution to the wind and left the space heater on all night so that we wouldn't be freezing again. I think the dogs were very grateful—Taylor only tried to escape a couple of times, as it was nice and toasty in our tent.

One Hundred Thirteen

   This is the actual outdoor temperature in the OP. And the gym was equally hot for tonight's yoga: the AC is broken. No escape! Since I was sweaty anyway, I started my training for Race for the Cure (which is in just 12 days) and took a quick 2 mile run with the dogs after dark. They didn't like it, but I felt remarkably good!

Really, Mother Nature?

Dear Mother Nature,
   I don't know what you did to piss off the Heat Miser, but pretty sure it isn't supposed to be 118 degrees anywhere, ever. (Okay, maybe in Death Valley, or Hades, but not Overland Park.) Going to stay in the swimming pool 'til winter returns. Call me.
   xoxo
   Jen

Killer Heat

   Apparently this week it's hot enough to cook robins in my backyard. Yesterday Aki found—and led me to—a young fledgling who I presumed had fallen from a nest that I wasn't able to spot. He was large enough to fly, but definitely a juvenile. Then today Aki led me to an adult robin back in the same corner. I don't believe my dogs are fast enough to catch a bird (certainly not 2 in 2 days), so I presume they died from the heat. (She also wouldn't touch the birds, which is another sign that she wasn't the culprit.)
   I do keep a birdbath, but it doesn't seem to be doing the trick. It's probably more of a hot tub at the moment anyway.

   As I was driving to the track meet for KCCC, I noticed the outside temperature as I was leaving the shady parking garage. 100 degrees. Hot enough to cook a runner on a black rubber track? Let's hope not...

The Last Blush of Spring

   Spring, unfortunately, has run its course in KC, and it's already in the upper 90s, with heat indices in the 100+ range. Today I was downloading some photos that I've taken recently, including some plants in my own yard, as well as Lorne & Edna's, my neighbors up on the corner. They are incredible gardeners—their yard is the jewel of the neighborhood! Most of these flowers are gone now. Their temporary nature makes you appreciate them that much more.