Not much good can be said about August

 

The exhibition celebrates the history of an old candle making factory which was based on Bankside more than 100 years ago  

 

 

 

It is August 10 and the day will be roasting hot by noon. Temperatures of our area may reach 108 deg. today. 

Just when the inside feels like I could bake cookies on the counter, a magical thing happens.

Source: livia-maria

 

Our local energy company SDG & E electric employs the FLEX energy plan to keep the electrical grids from overloading.  That means they can turn my A/C off.  Off!! with the fan still running. I had enrolled in this when I was gone at work much of the day.  However, those days were over, and I needed cold air.

 After settling that issue with the representatives, I waited and waited. 

Source

 

Off, with the interior thermometer rising slowly up the scale.  82º?  That is nothing.  86º, and it keeps rising.  I stop looking.

Outside?  Thermometer past 95 and still going...

The A/C returned.  God bless it.

Truth is: Summer makes me cranky.  Life sucks.  Leave me alone.

This is a re-post from 2014 or 2013.  It doesn't matter; hot one year or the other doesn't matter.

 

Music soothes the savage beast.

 

Here we are, entering another season, but that is a lie.  Winter and summer will merge into spring, and be stinkin' hot. Autumn has promise, but not in our part of the hot desert here, it is a wish and a dream.

This really irritates me. It seems that we are melting into a puddle of sweat in this heat. When the A/C goes out, we all stand in front of the 'fridge, holding a glass of ice and wonder if this will ever end. Weather  blasts and tortures beyond reason. 

Music always provides an escape in a troubled time.

The following piano videos have Emilio Piano and Ray Chen, both amazing musicians.  When they play together, I just lean back and enjoy. Other musicians seen know when and where Emilio will be and show up, ready to join the piano.

And then, there is an AGT audition by a young man, singing Come Jesus Come. This really affects Simon.

The best of all, there is a 3 year old girl singing a Celine Dion song. Smiles all around. A 14 yr. old girl asks if she could sing along with him, and she was a surprise.

 

Showing this many videos of musicians is over kill I realize.  But, it is what I needed to write this day. But that is a story for another day.  Sooo, just enjoy. 

That is what I am doing.