Ahhhhhh......

There are an abundance of "how hot is it?" jokes

swarming like bees....

Impossibly hot....

Predictably hot....

Sweltring...

Muggy....

Meltingly....

Opressively....

HOT!!!

It's OK though..

we have A/C.....

I grew up in this town without it.

I don't know how I would cope now,

but in the sixties,

it got just as hot,

and all we had was fans...

That is what drew me to

The Impossible Cool

and I was richly rewarded....

Beautiful B/W portraits

of the most gorgeous

movie stars and starlets

of the 60's....

now is that cool

or what?

Nature or Nurture......

What can I say?

I am nuts about azaleas....

There are dozens around my home.

I am so fortunate that the previous owners loved them too.

This one is huge,

it is about 4 foot tall, and 6-8 feet across...

it must absolutely love where it is planted too,

shaded for most of the day,

protected from the noon day sun....

Hot summer sun only hits it for a couple of hours a day.

Right now, it is in full bloom,

and has 2 different blossoms.......

Cool, huh?

Yep, both of these blossoms are from the same plant,

I think it has something to do with Hybridizing....

Maybe....