Two
days of sweltering heat, well above normal for this time of year, and we are
thankful that tomorrow’s cold front will return things to the expected autumnal
feel. No one likes to be reminded of the summer that just was, when we have
mentally closed the books, so to speak. To return to the heat and humidity of
late July is simply improper. It feels out of place, these conditions, when the
angle of the noon-day sun is notably lower in the sky, the leaves on most
deciduous trees look tired and increasingly yellow, and the asters line all the
roadsides and fence rows.
The
only benefit is that the heat has hastened the ripening of the tomatoes on the
porch, which had seemed destined to arrest at green with the autumnal chill the
past ten days. With luck, we’ll enjoy a few more slices of beefsteak reds on
our bread and cheese, the bruschetta of late summer that makes the heat worth
it, almost.
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