Temperatures rising
Europe is having a heat wave
Looking for relief
Cows and people love water
Cooling off under shade trees
Swim as ships pass by
Skinny-dipping man chillin’
Right next to our ship!
Photos: Dwight L. Roth
Our prompt from Lillian today at d’Verse was temperature! It is getting hot, hot, hot, this summer! When we were on our trip up the Rhine, temperatures were in the mid 90s F. It was still a very enjoyable trip. We stayed in the shade as much as possible. All along the river people were camping and swimming finding relief from the heat.
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When you’re hot you’re hot Dwight. Nice poem and pic… 🙂
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Thanks Rob! It was most interesting!
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It’s been a bear in Europe, that’s for sure!
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It has been the same here. It finally cooled down to the high eighties!
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With a summer like this, water travel was a perfect way to travel Europe, Dwight. Hoping they get some relief soon…
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Yes, they really need it!
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mmm….I was wondering about that. So that’s about 35C. That’s a nice summer’s day here. We know it’s a heatwave here when it hits 118F / 48C.
Wouldn’t be nice though when it’s not usually in the 90sF/40sC
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You must be in Arizona!! It was rather warm!
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No. Sydney Australia.
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Oh, I am way off! You must be cold this time of the year~
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Yes, too cold. Especially at night.
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Spring is just around the corner! I am looking forward to fall and cooler weather here.
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Thank God for that.
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Yes both ways.
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I live in Australia.
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Come to think of it, I never did find Arizona as hot as I was told. (2008) I just thought it was normal.
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Ha Ha! just like being back home!
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Our house is on the market and we hope to head north-east to where we live now. The coastal temperatures up there are more stable all year round. I’m hoping it will also bring stability to my health.
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Hope all goes well and your house sells soon!
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Thanks
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You are welcome!
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After all that…I hope you are enjoying your vacation. I’m loving the posts and pics.
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That was the end of June. We are back home now and I am using all the photos I took on my blog posts!
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🙂 They’re beautiful.
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Thanks for sharing actual pictures along with your poem!
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Thank you Reena. I think they enhance each other. I love taking photos so I have plenty to choose from!
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Yes. They do enhance each ther, and you possess another form of art to combine it with.
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Yes, I dabble in acrylics.
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Wonderful! I just started with it – folk art and knife painting.
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It is a lot of fun to see what comes out
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I love how the cows are ‘cooling off under the shade trees’ and think the scene in your second photograph especially, would make a wonderful painting too 🙂
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Thank you Xenia. Yes, it is a wonderful pastoral scene! It would make a great painting!
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Nice pics! I’m assuming it was a river cruise? Have always wanted to do one….so very different from our ocean cruises.
Timely post as I’ve been reading about record temps across Europe. Global warming … yep….not a hoax!
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Yes it was a Viking River Cruise from Amsterdam to Basel. Better that expectation!
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Ah, yes the heat of summer. We had a bit of a break here in AZ yesterday- a big monsoon! Today is overcast and a prediction of more to some. We so needed it. Great poem and photos Dwight!
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The shiny naked man is hilarious! I never stop laughing when you post him. LOL! 🤣
Dwight… I used your suggestion for this weeks “Working on Us” Thank you kindly!!! 💚
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He was a trip! No fear!
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LOL! 😂 🤣
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Nothing like shade for chillin’.
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yes!
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Hello, Dwight… I nominated you for the Mystery Blogger Award!!
http://beckiesmentalmess.blog/2019/07/31/the-mystery-blogger-award/
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thank you so much for considering me for this blogger award. I haven’t been doing the blogger awards for awhile , but I may see what I can do with this one. Thank again Becky!
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You’re welcome. No obligations, no rush for that matter. 😉
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Thanks!
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Love it! Cows and people love water! We are all the same in so many ways!
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Yes, one place we saw people side by side with horses and cows on the same beach along the river.
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