I think summer vacation from school ends earlier now than it did years ago, but when it used to end the week after Labor Day, I always felt so sorry for the kids when they had to go back to school because the two middle weeks in September tend to be the hottest of the year, and I never lived anyplace where the schools had air conditioning. That's the time each year when I spend all day watering my garden and sometimes vow to start growing nothing but succulents because there isn't enough water in the world to keep any other type of plant happy here in September.
