Golden summer...

It's been hot here, on the wet side. Thank goodness it's green, or it would feel even hotter. But I do love the yellow grasslands and wheat fields of the dry side of the state... rather a conundrum, yes?

When we first moved to the Tri-Cities we lived in a B house in town, built to house Hanford workers in the 1940s. It had no air conditioning, so on those hot evenings, we'd go out for a drive, up into the hills, windows open, letting the wind blow through, until it started to cool down.

Whenever our summer days turn hot and dry, I remember those drives.