I always started school when it still felt like summer but soon morning would be cooler and the days shortened. This year, my 35th year, we started a bit earlier and it was still summer hot. As the humidity doesn’t start to break until October, it feels like an endless summer just with diminishing daylight.
I didn’t travel much this summer, spending time eating out with friends….
Learning to play mahjong….. There are three kings of tiles. The rules are to get 3 of a kind or 3 consecutive. You can only pick up from the discard pile if you can play it right away. Otherwise the standard rules are similar to other card games. It is fun to play the rules fast and listen to them click…. And I won the game!
DragonBoat on the weekend… Great arm and cute exercise and brutal two days in a row…
Stand up paddle boarding at a new place with friends on a 3 day weekend… Beautiful little village….
And of course running around the river or swimming in the rooftop pool with a view of the river…..
October will bring warm days but less humidity. Always something to look forward to. It still seems like an endless summer as the trees do not lose their leaves here and flowers bloom all year long…