That's what I'm talking about!

Heat index 112!

Not sure how they get that number but it sure sounds hot. Yesterday was hot, humid, sticky, sweltering, in other words...PERFECT! Add to that a 7 mile walk and it just doesn't get any better than that.

No wait, it does! Gary went on the walk with me. He complained a little and I would just remind him that someday, if I should die before him, he will appreciate these days because he will remember how much I loved them.

We were on the last mile and half when I realized I was so busy walking I forgot to really look around and enjoy the day. I was in the sun and as I walked, I saw it was so hot that my wrists were even sweating. I just smiled. Earlier, we had noticed these really cute little butterflies that had been all over the place during the entire walk. Now, as I slowed my pace and began seeing what was around me I saw one of them on a flower on the side of path.

I call them "lacy flowers" because they look like lace (clever huh). A few yards more and there was a whole a patch of these lacy flowers. On each one was one of those little butterflies with their wings spread out showing the full color of their beauty on the white lace flower. It was breathtaking and I just stood there admiring it for a while.

I wondered if butterflies cared about things like heat indexes and decided they had no idea how hot it was. But I bet the flowers do and perhaps on those really hot days the flowers release more nectar than normal which makes for this wonderful lunch buffet the butterflies were enjoying. Just a thought.

Oh by the way. They are predicting it will be even hotter today, now that's what I'm talking about.