Are you experiencing a heat wave this week in your neck of the woods, friends? I love the Midwest. I’m pretty sure I’ve said this a time or two before. And, as the old saying goes, the corn was knee high by the Fourth of July — that’s my mom getting the scientific evidence!
I’d love to know, friends: Where do you live? The Midwest? The East coast? Across the pond? What do you love about it? Is it hot today? xoxo
[Thanks for the photo, Mom…hope you don’t mind that I used it]
My Diaries (The Remix): Reading #20
Robyn says
I live in Kenya, but not for much longer-sob sob.
It started off today very cold, really cold, but warmed up in the arfternoon, but was a grey evening. It is cold season at the mo – but dry
J+H @ Beyond The Stoop says
JERSEY CITY BABY!
(but my heart is in ohio.. i grew up there, went to college there, and only moved here 3 years ago)
i had corn fields across the road from my house (and deer, and amazing sunsets!)
closest i get to that here is a farmer's market… but i'll take it for now! everyone needs a good dose of the city life, i think 😉
cheers!
Jill says
I live in Seattle, the one place in the US that didn't get unbearably hot during the heat wave. 😛 We're expecting some weather in the 80's this weekend though.
I love Seattle, the rain, the green, the people, the food, the randomness. 🙂 Not much in the way of fields in the city, but we sure do grow some amazing organic produce (Pike's Place Market anyone?).
Robyn says
I think, for some reason, I would love to live in Seattle..even though it is known for the rain…i've never been-just have this feeling
Joanna. says
I live in Yorkshire in England 🙂 It's very wet and humid at the moment. Almost like we're having a monsoon season. It hasn't been really lovely out since about March 🙁 no summer for us Brits yet again x
Mandy says
I live in Los Angeles (for three more weeks! Then Texas! 🙁 ), and it's been soooo gloomy here. We have a phenomenon known as June Gloom, in which the mornings are really grey, cold and sometimes drizzly. This year it started late in June and is leaking into July. No one expects it in typically sunny LA, but this time of year can be pretty dismal!
Rachael says
I'm in Michigan now but i'm an English girl not coping too well with the weather. So so warm and different to an English summer!
Jacquelineand.... says
Hot and oh so dry Indiana here. Send rain! Soon! Please
Twinkle Terrior says
Hey sweet lady! It is still hot (the 90s) in the deep south, but better than the triple digits! Stay in the a/c or in the shade 🙂
nicole says
Little Rock, Arkansas, where it's always THIS HOT in the summertime, or so it seems. I am OK with the heat, but we could use some rain! Everything is so dry and brown. Do a rain dance for us? 😉
Charlotte says
I'm in England, and it's raining.. booooo
Hena Tayeb says
East Coast.. and it is burning up here..
shear indulgence says
steamy arizona….yesterday we had rain though, so un-american on the 4th of july!!! but back at 102 this morning at 8am on my way to work yikes
shear indulgence says
steamy arizona….yesterday we had rain though, so un-american on the 4th of july!!! but back at 102 this morning at 8am on my way to work yikes
April says
Kentucky, and man it's hot alright. The other day the temperature "dropped" to 98 degrees and I considered it cool compared to the last couple weeks, ha!
Laura says
Washington DC and it's terrible! We've been in triple digits for what seems like forever and the news this morning said it was going to start "heating up this weekend." I don't even want to think about what that means…
Lilli says
Austria… The country with the alps? yes! And with 32° Celsius. So it is really, really, really hot.
Lilli says
Austria… The country with the alps? yes! And with 32° Celsius. So it is really, really, really hot.
suburban prep says
Chicagoland burbs and it is a steamy 108 according to my car temp and a bank temp sign I passed earlier on the way home.
UnHoly Diver says
I live in Central Virginia, and my area was one of the hardest hit by that derecho that blew through here on Friday night. Just got my power back on Monday afternoon, and not a moment too soon, as temps have hit the high 90s again, and are expected to top 100 this weekend.
Lena at A Crimson Kiss says
I love in San Francisco these days, but I grew up in Princeton, NJ, next to the loveliest farm–and I miss the corn!!
Melissa Blake says
Fellow Midwesterners — AMEN on all the dryness! It rained last week, but that was the only rain we've had recently!
Melissa Blake says
J+H, i've always wanted to go to Jersey; we drove through some of New Jersey coming back from NYC, but didn't get to see too much.
And Jill — Seattle is also on the top of my list!
Melissa Blake says
Glad to see some international readers too!!! 🙂
Melissa Blake says
Laura — my cousin is getting married in D.C. this September and i can't wait. it's one of my favorite cities!
Dancing Branflake says
California!
jillian :: cornflake dreams. says
its SO hot in chicago.. i hope it cools down soon 🙂
Allyson says
I live in beautiful Northern California, the coast, Bay Area & wine country to the west, and the Sierras and Lake Tahoe to the east. Doesn't get much better than this. Low 90's today, low humidity. 🙂
Luna says
Sydney, Australia and it's cold/damp. Well, it's Winter after all. I love me some Summer heat right now, not used to Sydney being so cold 🙁
Sini says
I live in Avignon, Provence in south of France. It's quite warm here and i don't support heat that well as i'm not used to it. I love winter, i'm already dreaming aboyt spending next chridtmas back home in Finland 🙂
Shannon Hughes says
I'm in Chicago, but my parents live in the suburbs- they were out of power for three days because of the storm that hit on Sunday. Yikes!
Hilary says
I am originally from the Midwest but currently in NYC.. It is brutal heat across the plains it sounds like.. Summer heat has finally come. Have a great weekend, Melissa!
XX Hilary
Katie says
England – it hasn't stopped raining for weeks!
http://golddustk.blogspot.co.uk/
x
Jen says
IOWA! Love the photo of your mom with the corn. I grew up in a NYC suburb and ended up in Iowa and just love it here. Has been hot, hot, hot. Starting to cool a bit…yippee!
ahyesplans says
Michigan!! Wooo midwest 🙂
ananchorage says
Anchorage, Alaska
Anonymous says
I had to post because I live in Portland Oregon and we have had more rain and cooler temps then usual this summer. With all the heat waves in the us we just recently hit 90.
Mägi says
I live in Alaska. Haines, Alaska. Small town of less than 2,000 folks at most, depending on the season. It's currently low 50s – definitely wore a thick sweater + a raincoat today + a knit cap. Feels like fall.