Like you, less humidity. The sooner the better. I love having fresh veggies from the garden but I miss having time to spend outside. It is just too dang hot.

I also look forward to planning some trips in the fall to cool locations. I also look forward to seeing my work friend who is coming back to this area at the end of the month. We retired the same day and she moved to Tennessee to take care of her parents. We’ve seen each other a few times but it’s been a while.

I look forward to seeing our oldest grandaughter this weekend. It will be busy and quick. We are helping her pack up her college apartment. She has already relocated and started her first real job but has until July 23 to totally vacate the apartment.

With hope that I am not jinxing it, I’m looking forward to the sale of my late parents’ home. Then I am free! After that, DH and I will plan a trip to his mom’s hometown. She grew up in Yorkshire, and her childhood home is now a BnB. Not an AirBnB, either! and we will try to FaceTime with her with the new owners, and to give her a tour around the house. Oh, and the area is lovely and perfect for long walks on the Dales footpaths. and after THAT, we will replace our ’08 minivan. Some day. When it stops running. We do ”drive our cars into the ground”.

Cool weather

Cheetos no longer for sale, and taken off the shelves for a long time.

I love summer weather unless it gets overly hot and humid. I don't like being cold. Other people's crisp weather is my cold weather. As I've gotten older I've gotten better at looking at each day as it comes and appreciating the good parts and not allowing the bad parts to define my life. Short term, I look forward to each day that is a horse day. I do look ahead to making my life smaller. I want to get rid of all the clutter that often gets in the way and is a waste of my time. I've done this with both objects and people and I continue to do so.

Similar to wildchild, I look forward to almost every new day. Obviously there are some that I don’t (like a dentist appointment day) but for the most part I do.

DH went through several very serious health issues and I’ve finally recovered from an accident I had on December 1, so I have learned that Normal Days are Glorious Days - since we have had so many that weren’t normal.

We are retired, secure, fairly healthy (for now anyway) and free to do what we wish. So very thankful and I look forward to each fresh new day.

Amy, come on out. We don't have heat and humidity. It's 67 right now at 7:30 PM and was one of our nicer days of the week - I've had a sweatshirt on the first three.

No snakes either. Or, ripe tomatoes although I do have some green forming. I left the cover open on the raised tomato planter just long enough to see a deer stick her head in on Monday. She got the top off one of the mini varieties and just some leafy stems from my sauce plants. I won't be leaving it open again unless I'm right in my back yard.

I'm looking forward to the rest of July, August, and Sept can be sunny and nice here. I am not a Fall person. Shorter days and foggy mornings, I fight my way through those weeks every year.

You'd like it here right now. But don't expect pink because I'm not a pink person either. Not in my house, my closets, my makeup and only a little in my yard ;)

Here, near the beach in Los Angeles, our temperature range right now is from mid 70s during the day to mid 60s at night. In the winter, it is about 10° colder, but it is generally in the 70s in the winter as well. I do not like it when it gets below 60, and I don't go outside if it gets below 50, but that is extremely rare here.

Any place on the West Coast near the ocean is going to have mild weather all year.

Lars, when I was still living in Texas, I went to LA for a week-long training class. Well it was, I think, in El Segundo. I stayed at a small hotel near Manhattan Beach. It was June, so I figured it would be as warm as Dallas. I was quite surprised at how chilly it was, and the locals told me it was normal.

I wonder if the hotel is still there? The Barnaby. and I could walk what I think was a ”rail to trail” to the beach, past some charming homes.

Here in the mountains of Northern New Mexico we’ve been inundated with clear sunny skies (=no shade) and temps in the high 90’s to the low 100’s. Although our humidity is, thankfully, low here, I am so incredibly tired of Summer and this heat! I’m looking forward to Autumn, and our long-awaited land & cruise trip to Alaska. And then beautiful Autumn here with cozy, crackling fires in our fireplaces, lots of homemade soups, and New Mexico’s many wonderful art shows. And, of course, our annual Hot Air Balloon Fiesta!

I’m not looking forward to summer. Our days are starting to heat up and will continue to do so. We don’t see a cool down until November-ish. I would love to completely skip August and September.

I’m looking forward to having my former house sold. My fingers are crossed that it will happen before the end of summer.

Summer is my least favorite month - hot weather and bumper to bumper tourists. I don't leave the house often. We run errands early morning when its cooler and before vacationers are out of bed.. Labor Day always brings a sigh of relief - we get our roads, our beaches, our restaurants and our lives back. I love fall and winter on Cape Cod.

I am another who loves the summer. As long as I don't need to race anywhere, and there is enough to hydrate.... I'm good.

I really like that- @littlebug Zone 5 Missouri "Normal Days are Glorious Days".

That resonates and I will try to remember that.

loves the summer.

I spent a lot of some summers when I was a child at my grandparent's home in Connecticut. It was glorious- days playing near the creek, catching frogs, helping my Grandma as she cooked on the kerosene stove in the little porch house across from the main house. And summertime in NYC meant roller skating, going to the city pool, ice cream from the Good Humor trucks.

Now many years later in Texas, not so much. Unrelenting heat, fear of dying if there is a grid failure, cannot go for walks with my dogs in the middle of the day. I miss the summers of my youth.

What? Cheetos are going away???

Hot and humid here too but not quite as bad as south of us. We've also had a lot of rain this summer. It's slowed my garden quite a bit. Everything but the zucchini lol. I'm looking forward to my corn, it's violet and white colored. I'm also looking forward to watermelon and musk melons from the garden, if they ever produce.

Looking forward to my son visiting next week! Also, can't wait for a trip out West this Fall. I am worried about the weather and what it's going to do on our trip. A lot of crazy weather happening all over the world right now. Since we're going to be visiting Zion and the Grand Canyon on the way home, hoping the heatwave has subsided by then. May be seeing an old Air Force friend when we're out on the coast so that will be nice. We haven't seen each other in 33 years!

LynnNM, which cruise line are you going on? I'm thinking of doing a cruise (first time) next year to Alaska. I've been trying to watch some cruising videos but there are so many choices.

I don't look too far forward. Waiting or wanting something to happen in the future usually means you are ignoring the here and now and to me that's what is important. The older one gets, the faster time flies and we all have a limit on that commodity :-)) So I look forward to each day as it comes. And relish the fact that I am healthy enough to enjoy them.

I also enjoy summer - a lot! But then we west coasters seldom experience much extreme heat or humidity. And it is wonderful to remember these balmy, sun filled days in February when it is gray and wet and cold.

I also look forward to my shared puppy custody days. At 15 months he is technically not still a puppy but will likely always remain so in my eyes. He typically comes for a sleepover a couple times a week and for longer stays when my sister travels. What a joy it is to have this active, funny, happy little being in my life! He fills up the hole left when I had to have my old doggo put down.

Retirement!!! 18 months and 20 days to go and counting down.

Kath, we’re going on a 9-day cruise and land tour that includes Denali via Holland Cruise Lines.

Besides the usual anticipation of day to day, I am looking forward to an upcoming cruise to Alaska from Vancouver to Seward. We are arriving several days ahead of embarkation to tour Vancouver and Victoria, cruising for 7 days, and topping off with a trip to Denali.

What? Cheetos are going away???

A political post, so very well disguised that it was taken at face value, and caused you some anxiety. I'm sorry.

Things to look forward to. Autumn and winter!!!! For a sunbathing goddess in my string bikini decades ago roasting in the sun slathered with baby oil, it must have damaged my brain as well as my skin. Now I hate being in the sun at all and love cloudy rainy days which we never seem to get anymore. I don't get how people live and love it where the seasons never change. I would go out of my mind. I was born and raised and lived in PA all my life, and if the climate/weather changes in MY life are going to continue, God help our grandchildren and those following.

We've been having tons of hail, big hail! I've filed roofing claims on my rental houses roofs and my husbands truck. "IF" the insurance companies only charge me a deductible = HAPPY. "IF" I have to pay ...out-of-pocket for NEW roofs....I might just skip it. We have a zero deductible comp on the truck...but have 60 cars ahead of us. I'm looking forward to leaving ALL this behind me. 🏝️ I'm looking forward to my phone ringing and it's a friend, not a claims adjuster giving me updates. 🙃 Amylou...hope you get a big payout...

I'm looking forward to going to a 4DX movie, Indiana Jones or Mission Impossible. Last year a neighbor started sledding on a grassy hill in front of my house, prompting me to plant a dog-hair thicket. I'm looking forward to seeing it thrive...and neighbors NOT using "my" property for a sledding hill. I thought the berm would provide me with privacy....looking forward to that being in place.

I have a full set of metal dental braces on my teeth. One year from now is one year closer to getting these OFF! I'd like to have perfectly straight teeth. I'm looking forward to that too! 🎀

Nicole. I am NOT looking forward to our premium increase due to the hail and roof replacements. Every day in my neighborhood, a new roof is going on.

Things to look forward to - Our first two grandchildren are due in the fall. One is due October 27 and the second one is due November 11, one boy and one girl. Both families live near us so busy times ahead.

We lost our house to a fire almost three years ago and tentative date to move into thenew build is the end of the year at Christmas. So more busy times.

Weather wise - this west coaster is in the middle of a heat wave and we haven't had any rain in weeks which has led to a record breaking forest fire season. A young 19-year old forest fire fighter died yesterday clearing out brush to prevent the spread of a fire in her community. Just devastating for all so I'm hoping for cooler temps and lots of rain throughout our province.

Nicole, we had a bad hail storm a couple of months ago. The hail stones were bigger than golf balls. I had never seen that before. Fortunately I had no damage, and that is probably because of all the huge pines that the previous owner planted 50 years ago. They are on both sides of the driveway, along every fence line and a row beside the barn. I have cussed those pines so much, but I think in this case they actually helped me. My neighbors had a lot of damage. A couple of them actually had their cars totalled. My truck was at the mechanic's, inside the shop, and my car was under the lean-to of one of the barns.

The weather up here is very extreme. Much more so than when I lived on the coast.

A trip to Boston in the fall with my son. I went on a hostel trip to Europe with my daughter in 2019 and then Covid and health issues hit so never got to go away with my son. Also an appointment at the hospital to discuss speech devices (6 month waiting list - sigh).

@bpath @marilyn_c...I considered "not" filing hail claims...but...my insurance will go up just because everyone else filed a claim. 🏠 It hailed "again" yesterday. The roofs aren't leaking, but they're so old...I'll need to replace them. The roofing places are so far behind, it will be a year before I'd be able to get any work done. We were grocery shopping when my husbands truck got hit with hail, over 75 dents they counted. The insurance company wanted to cut us a check for $2300....I caught it in time and said NO. I looked it up and paintless dent repair charges between $50 - $100 for EACH dent. It wouldn't be enough money to repair it!

Well, as I feared upthread, I jinxed it. Not the sale closing, I hope, but not being free. We have anticipated DH’s brother coming for a visit, and for the two of them to attend an event. I was thinking, great! They will be gone one day, all day and I can turn up some musical soundtracks and clean and vacuum! Well, he is coming along with their sister and her husband. The guys will go to the event, DSIL and I will do…something… I love them all, DH’s family is part of the reason I married him! But the timing bites: the day of closing.

bpath - You should turn up the music and vacuum with her - maybe she'd like it!! My husband's sister is a nice woman, but I'm not keen on her husband. They just left from their annual visit out here and I'm glad they're gone.

My current happy anticipation is for the summer's first full sour pickles. Just six days to go, They are going to be really garlicky.

Here's a picture from Massachusetts to cool you all down - our Aussies love the snow!!

Planted tomato seeds in my garden some time ago.

Search as I choose along the marker line ... I can find no plants along that line among the grass and weeds that look anything like tomatoes.

So I guess I can't look forward this year to tomatoes from my garden.

ole joyfuelled ... fuelled also by store-bought tomatoes

We have a volunteer tomato from last year we are nurtuing...not sure yet what it might be - a surprise, I guess.

I think right now Im looking forward to being pain free and able to move again after having tkr. I realize it takes a while but I can't wait. Also looking forward to the weather cooling off a little bit so that I can maybe sit outside for a bit. Starting pt tomorrow and Im already looking forward to that being over. I have so much time to just sit and think and Im using it to (in my mind) redo my bedroom, plan a thank you event of some sort to that all the people who will be helping me with transportation etc. I guess having something to look forward to is always a good thing.

My corn is forming ears!!!!