The Weather Outside Is Seriously Frightful

I’ve been watching the Hallmark Channel’s Christmas in July this month. It’s especially attractive, since our weather forecast is:

Anything that reminds me of winter is particularly heartening lately, like this yuletide image.

I don’t imagine the two young men at Southwest Missouri State College had ever been in 109 temps. They look quite comfortable. To be honest, the entire image could be a current ad campaign, though it was 56 years ago. Those Converse, the skinny jeans, the sockless loafers and plaid hat, even the legs of the mid-century chair–it all works in 2023.

Their classmates may look a bit more dated, but the winter of ’67 looks mighty fine. I guess the ladies had no trouble keeping their calves warm.

Or toned.

Missouri will see the 60s tomorrow night. We were at 101 at 9:30PM last night. We dined outside with friends, and the wind felt like waves of furnace heat upon us. Perhaps I should start a Missouri Zillow search today.

6 thoughts on “The Weather Outside Is Seriously Frightful”

  1. I wish you some sort of cool, Kerbey, like these young people of a half-century ago. As I think that these college kids look like the folks I went to school with, I again realize that I, too, am a Mid Century Modern!

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  2. It is so horribly hot and humid here in PA that I am not enjoying spending time outdoors at all. THe only respite we get is lengthy thunderstorms. I can, therefore, only imagine how unbearable this extreme heat is for those of you living in the south. It must be nigh impossible to function with temperatures that scorching. I hope you get some cooler temps soon.

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    1. Oh, Laura, I am SO jealous of your thunderstorms! We probably won’t see rain until October. Sorry about your humidity; it does make the heat so much worse. I have stopped my daily jog until autumn.

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