Beat the heat

It's another scorcher here in sunny Qld today. The past few months have been anything but typical weather-wise, but the typical heat and humidity have now arrived with a vengeance. The crew and I spent most of yesterday in and out of the pool, and that's my plan for today too. Paint - swim - paint - swim....sounds pretty good to me.<br /><br />I'm not the only one who enjoys a refreshing dip. My studio assistant Darcy adores it. But we have a small problem - the entry.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbaI_rcEb6ddjPRJwhjkXouGZXDj7nPOQH3xRtIQQjVZfM6NWpY3iphP8Cz2pbpneyMs1UdmvmTAcHo0IimpypIWB-Eikv_uFTJ5f6ybpuAoFMn3fSHEYnRmhpCPRbsBtBengIomFLE0/s1600/DSC03054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbaI_rcEb6ddjPRJwhjkXouGZXDj7nPOQH3xRtIQQjVZfM6NWpY3iphP8Cz2pbpneyMs1UdmvmTAcHo0IimpypIWB-Eikv_uFTJ5f6ybpuAoFMn3fSHEYnRmhpCPRbsBtBengIomFLE0/s640/DSC03054.JPG" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">here he is - on guard at all times</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOCi2AfJ6WOHEGeSUTO4oDRYOSGMDfTqEu01It3C6GliRcu1vqn2z0f-dNZ73mywKLrqJfTPf-TpnOjNRuZvX0DHwE9p1cpaHY1uomG_XhuqgKyNBeNcSQJv_Tj-psmgXDsX-_NaHYQo/s1600/pool+labrador.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOCi2AfJ6WOHEGeSUTO4oDRYOSGMDfTqEu01It3C6GliRcu1vqn2z0f-dNZ73mywKLrqJfTPf-TpnOjNRuZvX0DHwE9p1cpaHY1uomG_XhuqgKyNBeNcSQJv_Tj-psmgXDsX-_NaHYQo/s400/pool+labrador.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8HevBa0V6AQBk2BOV-zmBbyG8RByjmWBOjXABOrhageJYodkFp48Vcc6HMt4Dt_EKMvOUYK-pCwqmF0We4I0ONhIZ7Vy4lz5vp4cA6LxgI5MxMJtVW25Ky4UHeGW3qKREArgQp4Ccas/s1600/comedy+pool+labrador+Cooper.jpg&imgrefurl=http://jasoninhollywood.blogspot.com/2010/05/fresh-pup-of-bel-air.html&usg=__VVentOMzVqWzvK5PIS19uryMV4c=&h=853&w=1280&sz=389&hl=en&start=58&sig2=y8qDWAWQV1phIx7K-lDXIQ&zoom=1&tbnid=Dr9vZe3O6cdk0M:&tbnh=163&tbnw=216&ei=KadhTbOzD4TcvQPBraSUAg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlabrador%2Bswimming%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D685%26tbs%3Disch:1%26prmd%3Divns&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=964&vpy=128&dur=1312&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=186&ty=122&oei=CadhTcrBGsrMcJWFpL0J&page=4&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:58">source</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I hope you're paying attention Darcy. This is how it's done. You need to run and jump <b><i>at the same time</i></b>. Maybe the adorable <a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2009/RainyDayGarden/Garden/June/Peonies/PeoniesBig.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2009/Home/June/Week3/RDMHomeJun1609.htm&usg=__5GAW7JobZq7Tggw0A62ehfOVi50=&h=683&w=1029&sz=74&hl=en&start=69&sig2=xkVDPEGU-fJU801seiNn4w&zoom=1&tbnid=tZPvuEWQLo4wNM:&tbnh=153&tbnw=199&ei=pending&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpeonies%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D685%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=842&vpy=428&dur=652&hovh=183&hovw=276&tx=164&ty=156&oei=OKhhTfa0DsKycODYxdEJ&page=5&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:69">Cooper</a> could teach him a thing or two. Darcy uses this method...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vXn-Gp0C5w1fCv3jYMNohg7CiHRFhtDWYtaJErGn26mdEwWBQHaVTxPTKihpQcK_LVcJGSIC4DCNuOOz6HHw3bzAMLMpQ-dRUV6KNhH6fUBTkfZLBaBbEyOZUsUPAmKw-2qekwHqdBs/s1600/labrador+about+to+jump+in.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vXn-Gp0C5w1fCv3jYMNohg7CiHRFhtDWYtaJErGn26mdEwWBQHaVTxPTKihpQcK_LVcJGSIC4DCNuOOz6HHw3bzAMLMpQ-dRUV6KNhH6fUBTkfZLBaBbEyOZUsUPAmKw-2qekwHqdBs/s400/labrador+about+to+jump+in.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8HevBa0V6AQBk2BOV-zmBbyG8RByjmWBOjXABOrhageJYodkFp48Vcc6HMt4Dt_EKMvOUYK-pCwqmF0We4I0ONhIZ7Vy4lz5vp4cA6LxgI5MxMJtVW25Ky4UHeGW3qKREArgQp4Ccas/s1600/comedy+pool+labrador+Cooper.jpg&imgrefurl=http://jasoninhollywood.blogspot.com/2010/05/fresh-pup-of-bel-air.html&usg=__VVentOMzVqWzvK5PIS19uryMV4c=&h=853&w=1280&sz=389&hl=en&start=58&sig2=y8qDWAWQV1phIx7K-lDXIQ&zoom=1&tbnid=Dr9vZe3O6cdk0M:&tbnh=163&tbnw=216&ei=KadhTbOzD4TcvQPBraSUAg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlabrador%2Bswimming%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D685%26tbs%3Disch:1%26prmd%3Divns&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=964&vpy=128&dur=1312&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=186&ty=122&oei=CadhTcrBGsrMcJWFpL0J&page=4&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:58"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">...but always manages to fall in head-first. And once in, he won't get out. I didn't manage to get a photo of Darcy yesterday as I was too busy trying to get him out of the pool, so I'm using these for illustrative purposes only. Hope he takes note and learns a trick or two.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mwXIi_mrbM4GjGnev4ATGNVvW2t-M94AZWFZcAjYtGBb_3_pId5yQ3WFiBL-04xzaOaKc1ZNxjssV4XUHBBeMKxjp1aJRnK8l73tKauKTEIFjO__rlttiVr5lUu-t-GUGiZuCsd9hyphenhyphen0/s1600/483208-mango-ice-blocks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mwXIi_mrbM4GjGnev4ATGNVvW2t-M94AZWFZcAjYtGBb_3_pId5yQ3WFiBL-04xzaOaKc1ZNxjssV4XUHBBeMKxjp1aJRnK8l73tKauKTEIFjO__rlttiVr5lUu-t-GUGiZuCsd9hyphenhyphen0/s640/483208-mango-ice-blocks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: x-small;">source</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">There will be devouring of mango iceblocks by the truckload today too. And as for the painting, I'm working on a request for peonies and ginger jars - two of my favourite things.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yXS1ghzz_JNCr0FUJV2crdsucA_OyLYbywxGF3Y6wGQaOWXKeAHsnpHXHAtp-GZhQqL19STgbkcnTzn5Kr0BAK9mpwQqPMNef11KBCUW77XywbQMMYsMcTnYggsU8xxQDfprjfVP7mY/s1600/carolyne+roehm+passion-spread1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yXS1ghzz_JNCr0FUJV2crdsucA_OyLYbywxGF3Y6wGQaOWXKeAHsnpHXHAtp-GZhQqL19STgbkcnTzn5Kr0BAK9mpwQqPMNef11KBCUW77XywbQMMYsMcTnYggsU8xxQDfprjfVP7mY/s640/carolyne+roehm+passion-spread1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> <a href="http://carolyneroehm.com/">carolyneroehm.com</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlHJkUs3UfcX-IazI16sqDloJqBDwUfUyaPYdrt4pyDYKdbWULKEkh60QKgnQxZ0XweCZ2qX7GK2v0TSEHxKhTkHzKqWHE3Cf-uB1YA4YM2SK6sDz7b7_lh-JqHu5XZlyVWmSI0gUyPQ/s1600/carolyneroeheme-newbook-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlHJkUs3UfcX-IazI16sqDloJqBDwUfUyaPYdrt4pyDYKdbWULKEkh60QKgnQxZ0XweCZ2qX7GK2v0TSEHxKhTkHzKqWHE3Cf-uB1YA4YM2SK6sDz7b7_lh-JqHu5XZlyVWmSI0gUyPQ/s400/carolyneroeheme-newbook-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://carolyneroehm.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> carolyneroehm.com </span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_lUpaEV0g-RD9xt_4VxDvkrTCCeTl2gBrPontK1MwviYcMmWy1lbo6JyE52zKHhctFHY1d3o0gAsnT65Ut61d46L7TmgViumnfKhgPinrkJYYNhcgp4B0TbOzGpGZ9Ixb5DfafQOS9k/s1600/PeoniesBig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_lUpaEV0g-RD9xt_4VxDvkrTCCeTl2gBrPontK1MwviYcMmWy1lbo6JyE52zKHhctFHY1d3o0gAsnT65Ut61d46L7TmgViumnfKhgPinrkJYYNhcgp4B0TbOzGpGZ9Ixb5DfafQOS9k/s640/PeoniesBig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2009/RainyDayGarden/Garden/June/Peonies/PeoniesBig.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2009/Home/June/Week3/RDMHomeJun1609.htm&usg=__5GAW7JobZq7Tggw0A62ehfOVi50=&h=683&w=1029&sz=74&hl=en&start=69&sig2=xkVDPEGU-fJU801seiNn4w&zoom=1&tbnid=tZPvuEWQLo4wNM:&tbnh=153&tbnw=199&ei=pending&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpeonies%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D685%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=842&vpy=428&dur=652&hovh=183&hovw=276&tx=164&ty=156&oei=OKhhTfa0DsKycODYxdEJ&page=5&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:69">source</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hope your day has lots of loveliness in store for you too.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/shatay01/57292ae3db79c6d939a1f2a85508a076.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a></div>

Beat the heat

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