I can hardly believe that it is already August. Didn't the summer just start a little while ago? August is not one of my favorite months. Mostly because here in Raleigh, it is to hot, to muggy and there are way to many skeeters out. You really cannot fully understand and appreciate the term "dog days of summer" until you spend an August and September in central NC. Most of the gardens are spent because of the heat. They are waiting for the cooler weather of October to pick back up again. The mosquitoes swarm around any body of water bigger than a soda bottle cap. They are just waiting for you to step outside to commence an unrelenting attack. Repellent works fine, but after using it May thru July already you get really tired of smelling like DEET. Even walking the puppy dogs is a chore. They are not very interested in walking around for an hour or so when it is about 90, but considering it doesn't really start cooling off around here until about 10p, we don't have a lot of choice. Some things just have to happen; a dog walk is one of them. It's not even comfortable eating at an outdoor restaurant in the evening. The heat and humidity simply hang around to long in the evening.
It used to be that February was my least favorite month because of the cold and short days. I think that is probably gonna change. August is probably gonna take the honors as my least favorite month. Can one hibernate thru a summer month?
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