Heat Wave

When it's this hot and humid it's hard for me to breathe. Each morning I feel like I've woken up on a strange planet and I am not quite acclimated to the atmosphere. I think my dog agrees with me. So when we set out to return a book at the library yesterday we took the tree-lined paths. On our way home we stopped at the Bouley Field water fountain and filled up Lily's red cloth bowl of water and she drank heartily. I filled a second and third bowl full and dumped them over my head to cool off. When we got home I hosed Lily down in the backyard. She ran exuberantly in high-speed loops as if she was celebrating the feeling of relief.