I like summer but not this year. We've had steady downpours every day for a month. Sun, then rain, then high humidity, besides temperatures in the 90s. Rain comes down so hard and such big drops that it knocks the leaves off the trees. Today we're in the low 80s but have had 3 downpours already and it's only 3 p.m. It's getting dark out there again. No relief from rain. Weather is supposed to be like this for another week. I run the AC no more than 3 hours a day because even in the electric budget plan, I pay $130 a month. Humidity has been in the 70% or higher every day too, except for 1 day when it dropped into the low 50% about 2 weeks ago. I'm afraid it's going to be a cold wet winter with lots of that white stuff.
This is one year I can't wait until summer's over. Hubby hasn't gotten any outdoor work done on the house or yard (he hates mowing the lawn anyway). He's busy making his backhoe up to par so he can sell it. He says he no longer needs it since he doesn't work but we don't have decent soil, all shale, and you can't dig shale with a shovel. So no tree or flower plants. Had to cut down ash trees because of the beetle killing all of them. Neighbors wanting him to cut their trees and/or take the wood away (we heat with outdoor furnace). Backhoe comes in handy for that, too. then his friends and neighbors always bring their lawn, ATVs, farm tractors, and even snow blowers here for working on....Oh, well. Maybe next year. Haven't even grilled outside because it needs a good pressure washing. Wasn't able to do it for the past 6 years.