We wipe our dripping brows, we soak our shirts, and the sticky feeling of dust and grease clings.
Halo-halo is in demand once more and so is scramble --- shaved ice with all sorts of color and artificial flavoring.
I love summertime.
I have an excuse to be clad in shorts and sheer cotton tops and the sultry nights give us good reason to go outdoors where the air circulates better.
Everything becomes visually appealing as nature is caught in an outburst -- of glorious sun-kissed colors.
As Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Russel Baker put it: "Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it."
