My favorite part of summer is when it's over. Seriously, this is my least favorite season and always has been. I hate being hot, I burn easily, it's going to get to 110 fairly soon -- what's to love?

To be honest, though, we haven't had the bad stuff yet and things are quite tolerable. It's still green, still under 100 degrees (this is mild for us), and quite decent. The crepe myrtles are looking great and I have a ton of day lilies this year. No complaints here! If summer would stay like this I'd have a different opinion of it.

Last year we had the hottest summer they ever recorded: 110, 112, 109, 108 -- and on and on for nearly 3 months. We're bracing ourselves, but maybe this year will be better; I can hope for that and be cheerful. And if it's awful again, thank goodness for air conditioning.