Finally, leaves once again are appearing on trees, gleaming like a still-wet painting, and the sun is high enough in the sky that it’s warming the atmosphere, not just throwing flat shadows.
Car interiors get uncomfortably warm with passive solar radiation, and it’s time to crank up the air conditioner.
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