Relaxing by the Pool on Labor Day
Sep. 1st, 2025 07:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerHow apropos that today's Labor Day and I'm continuing to take it easy. This is the third day in a row— the whole holiday weekend— that Hawk and I have relaxed at home, spending warm afternoons by the pool.
Why spend a holiday weekend at home? Don't we have places to travel? Well, we just got back Friday night from a week in Canada. Originally we had planned to be there through last night but called an audible to rebook to go home 2 days early due to a problem with dry balls. It was hard to come up with another weekend trip on the spur of the moment. And ultimately both of us felt we'd be happier just taking it easy for 3 days and enjoying the pool in the warm weather.
This weekend has actually been some of the summer-iest weather we've had all year. Several cities around the Bay Area saw their warmest day of 2025 yesterday or Saturday. Locally the temp peaked at 94° F.
The photo above shows that our community pool with only a few people in/around it. That's often the case with our pool— few people use it. But Sunday and especially today it's gotten crowded later in the afternoon. Yesterday there were 5 families (including ours) out there at the peak. Today by 4pm it was similar. The crowding is a bit of a nuisance because we no longer have the water to ourselves. But at the same time we're glad to see more of our neighbors enjoy it, too.
Why spend a holiday weekend at home? Don't we have places to travel? Well, we just got back Friday night from a week in Canada. Originally we had planned to be there through last night but called an audible to rebook to go home 2 days early due to a problem with dry balls. It was hard to come up with another weekend trip on the spur of the moment. And ultimately both of us felt we'd be happier just taking it easy for 3 days and enjoying the pool in the warm weather.
This weekend has actually been some of the summer-iest weather we've had all year. Several cities around the Bay Area saw their warmest day of 2025 yesterday or Saturday. Locally the temp peaked at 94° F.
The photo above shows that our community pool with only a few people in/around it. That's often the case with our pool— few people use it. But Sunday and especially today it's gotten crowded later in the afternoon. Yesterday there were 5 families (including ours) out there at the peak. Today by 4pm it was similar. The crowding is a bit of a nuisance because we no longer have the water to ourselves. But at the same time we're glad to see more of our neighbors enjoy it, too.
