Self-portrait and the weather

May and June are so cloud-covered in San Diego that the months have clever monikers: May Gray and June Gloom. After a particularly glum June this year, I was really hoping that the weather would bloom into the soft, dry heat I've come to expect from San Diego summers. Come July 1st, my wishes have been ignored. It's chilly and misty today -- maybe 65 at most, with very little sunshine. It's felt very San Fran lately.

The view from my office building this morning:

It's warmer inland, but I work and live along the coast. (I know, poor me with my access to the Pacific. Life sucks.) But seriously -- the marine layer of fog *does* get old. I want sunshine and heat. I'm looking forward to my trip back East in a couple of weeks just to bask in the glowing warmth of summer. Eventually it will be blazing hot here, with the beachside towns finally getting to embrace their desert roots. But for now, even when I wear a new summer dress in hopes of teasing out the sun, it's still June Gloom.