Beyond Air Conditioning

I hate heat. I'm not a fan of exercising, but especially exposed to heat, bright sunlight, heat, bugs, heat, and so many things air conditioning seems to protect me from. Tonight I took a walk just as the sun dipped below the horizon, and headed out to some nearby fields instead of the tree-lined park or the little boxes made of ticky-tacky.

The colors were amazing - the sky went from afternoon blue across to the dark grey of approaching night. The clouds were at various times fiery red and orange, fluffy white, and a darkening purple as the light shifted west. More engrossing to me was the massive tapestry of different greens woven across the fields and trees with occasional sparks of red and yellow flowers. The entire tableau just hit me as something worth leaving the air conditioning behind. Well, sometimes, at least.

Here's to finding more things to draw me out.