For those of you who are kind enough to follow along on this blog you may remember this recent post. Yep July 28th, 101 degrees. We had a streak of warm dry days like we seldom see around here. So when I went out tonight after dinner in search of a photo I didn't have to go far. The quality isn't the greatest I fully admit, but I think you get the general idea of what's happening around here tonight.

For tonight's post I dug into the deep dark archives to pull this one out. Some time back I was on a bike ride on the Chehalis Western Trail. It was a pretty warm day, probably in the mid 80's. I stopped to take in some water and look around. When I looked up this is what I saw.

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And today I would have been glad to go swimming with her. It was 99 here in Olympia today, and even though I know for a number of you it gets hotter where you live, that's pretty warm for western Washington. I'm not whining mind you. Our summer started off early this year and there's no sign of it letting up, so put on that speedo and dive on in. I'm sure this Harbor Seal is friendly enough.

As I'm posting this photo of the boats at Budd Inlet in Olympia I am remembering how comfortable it was the night I took this. A nice warm evening in the 70's just a couple of weeks ago. We are headed for a string of hot days over the next week, some approaching 100 degrees. Not what some of you probably imagine when you think of the Pacific Northwest. So right now I'm enjoying looking the boats, the water & our contribution to SkyWatch Friday.

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We have had a run of unusually warm dry weather. In the 80's today and approaching 90 Friday and Saturday. With the 4th of July and fireworks coming the risk of fire is a definite concern. Here's hoping everyone has a great 4th, and if a stray bottle rocket comes at you.........DUCK!