The weather

[helen99]

Whose great idea was it to have 100+ degree weather in April? This is supposed to be Spring. That means, like, 70-75 degree weather, 80-85 at the hottest. The weather prediction even said 85. The thermometer, however, is reading 100 in the sun, 97 in the shade. I had some hope that maybe things were improving when we had some actual snow this winter, but now I'm not so sure. If this is April, I'm not sure I want to be south of British Columbia in August.

Our house is staying cool w/o A/C, though. We opened the glass doors and turned on all the ceiling fans, so there's this nice breeze. We turned off all the lights and closed the shades on the sunny side. It's about 75-80 indoors.

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Our second floor has these nifty portholes (shaped just like a ship's portholes) that we can open to create a crossdraft. Of course, said crossdraft works a lot better when the leaves are in and the air is cooler. I have kind of a conflict going on about that. On the one hand you really don't want trees too close to the house (especially if you have a wood stove), because their roots can damage foundations, branches can damage the roof, and bugs use them as handy bridges into the house. Not to mention the fact that a spark from the wood stove could set dry leaves on fire in winter. The same goes for nice, cooling vines that would look so nice on the walls - can't have them, since they're conduits for termites and carpenter ants. On the other hand, there is no better climate control than a nice big tree or a big vine on a trellis. Mer.