Autumn Heat

It felt more like summer than autumn lately, with highest hitting 93F yesterday and 91F today in our area. Having lived here for so many years, it comes as no surprise for me to experience the prolonged heat wave in November or even in winter. But it is really time for a cool season.

 

During lunch time today, I went grocery shopping.  The sun was beaming down from the cloudless sky; the road was shimmering with heat. Christmas songs were on the radio, and I felt a bit weird to be listening to the “Most wonderful season of the year” in a summer-like weather day. On the way back from the shopping, I was stuck in the traffic. The road in between turned out to be under construction.  I should have chosen a different route, but I just was not sure at the time. Now that I was in the lane, there was no turning back. Like in our life sometimes. I had to sit behind the wheel, with the air-conditioning and radio on, “jingling” anxiously all the way back to work. It took me about 13 minutes to drive through this less- than- a-mile block. 

 

The city is losing its charm to me. Everywhere we go, the traffic is mostly bad and the parking lot is always packed.  Theft and burglary are recently reported in this safe city. Ten years ago when we first moved to this new community, we were bordered by the vast strawberry fields.  In the ripening early summer time, the sweet strawberry aroma filled the air. Now they give way to numerous new homes. The other day, when I drove by the high school my daughter went to, I was equally surprised that the hills, at the foot of which the school is nestled,  are also dotted with new high end homes.  Gone are the decades old trees which stood in the open distance. Gone are the patches of purple lupines which bloomed on the roadside in the spring.  Gone are the good days when we could occasionally roam around the area after school.  They are now only in our memories.

[暖冬cool夏]

回复“游士”：你没见过？要我提醒一下，是吧。那是庭院向你取经时写的四句。你要转告他，现今的词汇发展太快，美女已失去原意，女神=美女，建议改一下，LOL。也祝游士周末愉快！

[彩烟游士]

回复 '暖冬cool夏' 的评论 :

庭院写的什么诗？我没有见过：） 周末爬山快乐！

[ziqiao123]

你慢慢写，我默默读:-)

[暖冬cool夏]

回复“游士”：是日记，希望自己能坚持写一点。这里的天气基本偏热，大冬天还有可能穿短袖的。Overall, it is a good place to live. But we don't have obvious four seasons as you have in the east coast.谢谢游士有心，每个周五来此祝我周末快乐, 难怪庭院写那首诗啊，：-). 也祝游士周末愉快！

[彩烟游士]

娓娓道来，像是在写日记：）

Don't worry. It is an El Nino year. Everything will go back to normal when Uncle Donald is in the White House.

周末快乐！

[暖冬cool夏]

回复“7grizzly": Delighted to see your comment, and to know that it will rain soon in the north. It actually pours heavily there sometimes according to my daughter(i bought her a new pair of rain boots again this summer. The boots are never needed here.) It is also greener there, I know. My car is old, and I can only listen to radio. :-).Luckily I work very close by. Thank you for stopping by, my friend. Have a nice weekend!

[7grizzly]

Indian Summer will end soon and here in the Bay Area we'll get some precious rain. The grass is already green. I'll get some barrels to collect rain water this year.

I hate traffic jams too but listening to books makes it much easier.