Because it's Been So Bleedin' HOT!

I don't do well with heat, I really don't. I handle cold a lot better than the extreme heat we've been having around here the last couple of weeks.

Our valiant little swamp cooler that we installed when I was pregnant with Brynn is just a pluggin' away trying to keep ahead of the heat, but when it gets to be over 100 degrees outside, it has a pretty hard time. And it doesn't help with my heat issues that I have horses who insist on being fed and cared for even in the dead of summer, and also a part-time job working outside with the horses during the hottest part of day.

But tonight as I was organizing my picture files, I ran across these pics that made me feel a little cooler.


We live near a verra big mountain, and on the other side of this gigantic mountain is the closest Walmart. So once every three weeks or so, I set out across this mountain to do my major shopping. It's quite a drive - steep and curvy with deer and elk, sheer drop offs and the occasional raging forest fire to keep things interesting. But I like it, it's so pretty up there, and I know the road like the back of my hand.

Anyway. About 5 weeks ago, around the middle of June, I went across the mountain in a snow storm. Now, I have driven over that road about 49 times in blizzards, but never before in the middle of June. And is was so pretty and stormy and cool that I snapped a few shots with my little point and shoot camera.



There was actually snow sticking on the ground at one point.


So tonight, when I was filing these pictures, I thought it might be nice to post them and take my mind off how Africa-hot it's been around here lately.

Anyone else feel like they're living in Africa too?