The heat and humidity drove me indoors at 8:30. I was sweating profusely while working to level cement blocks to stabilize the picnic table. This precedes my proposed shelter for perennial plants–when we experience freezing temperatures next Winter. (Remember, I’m playing a “mind game” as I “think cool.”)

Early morning news, TV weatherman said “warm and muggy this morning; hot and steamy today; dangerous heat….”