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To: Rambi who wrote (62450)	4/22/2002 9:26:06 AM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

While you were in Puerto Rico we hit 90 a couple of days up here in Bloomington. Then again it was 36 this morning. Shorts one day and a parka the next.

To: Rambi who wrote (62450)	4/22/2002 9:39:20 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Hi Penni, Yes.. 90+ degrees last week. Some people were complaining, but not me!!! As I think I've mentioned before, we can have very hot weather here... often into the high 90s and occasionally over 100. The past 2 times I've had friends visiting from Holland, we've had a few days of "serious heat" and they were just wilting from it. No air-conditioning here at the farm, but we have ceiling fans in every room and lots of tall casement windows. As there's almost always a good breeze out of the west, I just leave all the windows and doors open to let the wind blow through the place. It's really not too bad at all. And when it gets really hot, there's a breezy spot where I like to lie on a blanket under my favourite maple tree. That's where I usually retreat to when I want somewhere nice to sit and work on a painting or perhaps read for awhile. But for real relief from the heat, nothing beats taking the canoe out onto one of the local rivers. There is a particular creek close by where I paddle up to a place where willows overhang the water. The breeze coming down the creek is always fresh, and I usually stop there and sit down in the bottom of the canoe with my back against a seat and then hold onto a handful of draping branches. That's enough to steady the canoe and keep it floating gently back and forth under the willow where I can enjoy the shade and the breeze and watch all of the little bass that are also taking refuge from the bright sun. I often stay there for quite some time before paddling onwards. Lots of other opportunities to cool off around here. The Gatineau Hills (a very ancient and worn down mountain range) is not far away and we often go up there to spend the day alongside one of the rivers where there are waterfalls. No doubt, if I had your Sebring, I'd be driving to all of these places with the top down too.. (o: croc