“I drifted into a summer-nap under the hot shade of July, serenaded by a cicada lullaby, to drowsy-warm dreams of distant thunder.”

― Terri Guillemets

“Then came July like three o'clock in the afternoon, hot and listless and miserable.”

― Allie Ray

“By July, a damp Southern heat had settled down on the town like warm sweet syrup.”

― Marti Healy

The summer looks out from her brazen tower, through the flashing bars of July. – Francis Thompson

"I love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know." ―Tove Jansson

"August brings into sharp focus and a furious boil everything I've been listening to in the late spring and summer." ―Henry Rollins

"August is a great month in the garden, with many flowers, including dahlias, sunflowers and other hot-coloured blooms at their peak." ―BBC Gardeners' World Magazine

 "Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer; and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day." ―Donald G. Mitchell

Really it is too hot now to do anything but water plants and gardens if the rain is not coming your way and just sit back and wait.  As soon as this heatwave breaks look for more information on this page on how to prepare to transition into the next season.  Be patient.  The dog days of August aren't even here yet.​