13 July 2024, Pittsburgh

Hot. Sultry. This week’s oppressive heat and humidity was curiously exhausting. Where have I experienced this weather before? Ah, yes. Florida in July. For the most part I stayed indoors so there’s not much “Seen This Week.”

On a brief foray around the Cathedral of Learning I did not find the peregrines but did see a beautiful flowerbed of black-eyed susans.

The peregrines cope with the heat by perching in the shade. Carla looks sleepy an hour before sunset on 9 July.

I’m not looking forward to next week’s heat wave, though it won’t be as bad in Pittsburgh as further east.

We complain about staying indoors during winter but now we’re staying indoors in the summer, too.