Heat

Good mid-day. Hope it was a good Fourth. We enjoyed the fireworks Sunday night, though given how dry things are I am surprised the local woods did not ignite. Can only imagine how long they must have soaked the staging area prior to lighting the first match. Might have been a problem if multiple polo and vineyard vine clad families were swept up in an incendiary wave caused by a wayward spark (generally not good for public relations, among other things). That said we did offer some of the out of towners, you know they type (have on hand on their car horns while using the other to hold their cell phone and speeding through town in complete disregard for the locals, because, of course, they don't actually live here) front row seating, just in case.
Speaking of the heat, and lack of rain, it is supposed to hit 100 degrees here this week. That should be fun. My air conditioning seems to running full time now and I have had to lengthen the sprinkler time to ensure my garden stops wilting. The kids seem to live at the club to be constantly in the pool (constantly, save for their ability to spend the gross domestic product of Peru at the snack bar, when not swimming). Fortunately, I am able to get in my air conditioned car first thing in the morning (clearly a bit of an issue today, though nothing to do with air conditioning or heat), drive to my office garage and enter my air conditioned office. I no longer have to make that gulag's march to Manhattan, enjoying the pleasure and luxurious service of MetroNorth and the every other car with "air". I also don't get to enjoy the summer aromas of NYC (you know, the fresh wholesome smell of rotting garbage and sewage). Yes, I truly miss those days, sprinting for the train in 100 degree heat, magnified to near melting point by glass and tarmac, dodging the hawkers on 48th Street who want to "buy or sell" and who never seem to find a shower or a bath compulsory. Yes, the heat will be bad this week and I will really miss my days of commuting in and out of NYC.

Nice and cool up here as a "Manonaplane".