Feeling hot, hot, hot!

A mix of glistening and hazy sunshine beats through heavy burgundy curtains – try as they may to guard out the light – flooding the living room in sweltering heat. 34° outdoors (with a “feels like temp” of 40° according to the Weather Channel), a whopping 37° in the house says the trusty thermostat. Paired with the perpetual humidity that follows Toronto summers around like a shadow, things are, as you can imagine, rather toasty at the moment!

I’ve begun work on my usual Monday Muses post, but it may end up getting posted tomorrow or some other time, as the mind tends to turn to mush (so to speak) a bit in these sorts of temps when you don’t have central AC. In the meantime however I thought I’d share a true-blue 1950s summer beach image that seems like the waterfront version of a white picket fence suburban family snapshot, in the cutest sort of old school way!


{Vintage postcard of a Miami beach in the fifties via StevenM_61’s Flickr stream.}

If you’re similarly melting under the sun’s relentless force, come along with me on an imaginary vacation to the sea as we try and escape summer’s wrath for at least one breezy, serene afternoon.

Wishing you each a cool, beautiful Monday - and plenty of freezing cold drinks and frozen treats, if such a day is not possible!