Hello there, whew, what a scorching weekend that was, which is handy because the prompt on The Cosmic Photo Challenge this week is; The heat is on.

I spent as much time in the garden as I could over the last few days; where the bright orange of day lilies adds to the fiery ambience and I was joined several times by an overheated, panting blackbird.

By midday on Saturday it was so hot, with so little shade, I set myself up a very pleasant “garden room”, where I could read in a more comfortable temperature…

…allowing me to listen to the birds and take in the view while sipping a cold cider.

Yesterday started off slightly cooler, so I went for a walk in the morning, before it had a chance to get really hot and captured some shots of the baking hills above Barnstaple.

How did you cope with the sweltering weather this week? Let’s see your hot shots in the comments…

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.