Summer for me is kinda mixed.
I’ve spent time in the tropics, where “summer” (more accurately termed the dry season) is this time of year. The dragonflies come out about April, the sea is less than 28-30 degrees c/82-86 degrees f. All the night markets are on, and its just so pleasant to spend a lot of time out and about during the day and at night.
But then with the wet season all of the summer fruit that remind of summer are available – mangoes, dragonfruit, pawpaw, starfruit, peaches, nectarines, pineapples, etc.. YUM! They definately help in the wet season, especially when making frozen fruit to eat when the humidity gets up to about 95% relative humidity.

Summer on the eastern seaboard of Australia is also great – mangoes and all that fruit yum! tho the beaches here are also way better than those on the northern reaches of the country (the Australia east coast from about Bundaburg (in QLD) south to about Eden (in NSW)). Though there are some weeks in the middle of summer when the temp hits 38 degrees c or more/100 degrees f plus that I do struggle. Migraines become more pronounced. And I usually find where the furbaby has hidden and share the space (with proper distance so we both can shed heat). Get dvds, set up the computer some distance away and relax with frozen wash cloths, and cool drinks and food.

And yeah, as awesome as tubing is—and it is PLENTY awesome—the ass-river-rock combination when the water is low is no fun. I miss tubing. Not many opportunities in NYC.

More on topic: So far my best summer story is tubing down the Farmington River and topping the afternoon off with chilled sangria on July 5th. Granted, the river was really low, so everyone’s butts look like they sat in blueberries now, but it was awesome nonetheless!

That really makes my day. It sounds like you’re going to be doing some seriously righteous work, and I’m so glad someone of your knowledge, skills and general awesomeness has that job!

Also, total thread jack so feel free to delete but – after eons of looking, I finally got a new job! And it’s not practicing law! I owe the Harpies and the commenters here a thank you. My new job concerns setting up programs to improve the justice system’s response to abuse in a certain vulnerable sector of the population, and to improve victim services. Reading this blog and the comments, following links, and going through your blog roll helped me learn a precise language to talk about issues of privilege and intersectionality. To get this job I had to interview with 7 different people from a variety of agencies, and that language helped me a lot! So thanks, everyone, and happy weekend to you all!

Sweet corn, porch swing, walks in our beautiful parks-yay summer! Also, I love that when I exercise my muscles are already kind of loose and relaxed. I exercise at home and after a good workout I’m dripping and drenched, and it feels great!

Oh, and soft ice cream. Yeah.