A very hot afternoon (at 7 pm just now it is still 26 degrees C - about 80 degrees F) and I took a long bike ride along Dallas Road, which follows the coastline all around Victoria. The ocean is just behind and below the trees in the background. This peaceful scene, on Dallas Road a few minutes from downtown, suggests all that is best about retirement.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Retirement
A very hot afternoon (at 7 pm just now it is still 26 degrees C - about 80 degrees F) and I took a long bike ride along Dallas Road, which follows the coastline all around Victoria. The ocean is just behind and below the trees in the background. This peaceful scene, on Dallas Road a few minutes from downtown, suggests all that is best about retirement.
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Puh-leeez. I scoff at your "very hot". You claim to have lived in Africa? India? 80F. You just watch for my Saturday posting if you want to hear about suffering. 80F. I suppose your afternoon high was, what, possibly 87F?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear you're enjoying it. ;^) Nice scene.
You're right - only relatively hot - what I consider a liveable temperature - what we get here in Victoria for a week or two each year.
ReplyDeleteWhen I lived in Africa I did not own a jacket or a sweater. Clothes were worn only for social purposes or protection from the sun, never for warmth. I loved it.
8^)
ReplyDeleteI put my air-conditioner in the window earlier today. Please feel free to speak of your heat - I shouldn't be so hot-headed about it anymore. As you point out, it's all relative. I hope you'll forgive yesterday's "outburst".