I thought I'd share with you what I'm contending with this summer. The first picture is what the view from my balcony has been like all summer. The second picture is what it should look like. For one brief shining afternoon the wind changed and the sun came out and then we were plunged back into the gloom. I'm seriously begining to wonder what I'm doing here, but I would have to drive nearly 1,000 miles to get out from under the cloud.
Every few hours I wander over to the window to see if I can see this mountain, and I now know that I must make a quick dash down to the pool to swim a few lengths before it closes in again. I've dubbed the mountain Canary, after the small birds that used to be sent down the mines to detect poison gases. I talk about the smoke, but its the fumes that are really dangerous and the reason I've been housebound all summer. They are forecasting some sun on Thursday, and I can't wait to get out and breathe in the sunshine.
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