Summer is Here

There are many things throughout the year that signal the change of seasons here. For summer, putting up bamboo or straw screens is a sure sign that the hot days of summer have arrived. On the way to the station today I noticed the fruit shop had put up their screens. Yesterday was very sunny and hot. Today, it's overcast but still hot.

It's important for fruit shops and vegetable shops to keep the sun from spoiling their produce, but you see these screens all over the place. Some shops put them up to block the sun from fading their wares. Home dwellers have them up to reduce the temperature in the house. It does help.