It’s one of the hottest days we’ve had in a long time today. 40 degrees celsius, which is 104 Farenheit for you somewhere else in the world. I spent a few hours on the nude beach with a bunch of mates, regularly jumping in the water to cool off. It was beautiful, but after a few hours, the time had come to get out of the sun so I wouldn’t end up with heat stroke.
I’ve had some lunch and chilled out around the house, as much as one can in this heat, and now I’m getting ready for the pool party birthday bbq.
Plus 40 celcius! Here in southern Saskatchewan, Canada it is 11:50 pm Friday nite and minus 30 celcius! We enjoyed a few “warm” days of -25, but has been around -30 and often -40 since early Dec!
Love your blog. Keep doing what you do!
What .. no pic of you hot and sweaty??
40 C is burnt bum material!
Dear Brenton,
I don’t know if this is the only way to get an email to you but I hope it works. I’ve enjoyed reading and viewing your blog for a long time now. I even relate to it as the only friend I have that I can enjoy being who I really am. I know you will find it difficult to believe or understand that a sixty-two year old man is still in the closet. I’m sure my relatives and friends know that I am gay but I have never come out to any of them. In college I had two friends that turned out to be gay after we graduated, but we never mentioned it while we were at school. Sadly, both of them were taken by AIDS.
They never confronted being gay until after college where as I knew I was even before I started first grade.
I’ve gone through years of depression and loneliness being afraid to open up to anyone. The profession that I chose would not tolerate homosexuality at all…public school teacher. I devoted my life to teaching and to my students for thirty-four years. I retired three years ago January first, 2006. My first big goal was to go to Sydney for a vacation. I had read all the interesting topics and outstanding photos and illustrations you had posted and I just wanted to be a part of it. But unfortunately I didn’t get to travel to Australia or anywhere else. I thought retirement would be a whole new world of adventure and discovery for me but it has been the right opposite until now. I have had several health issues in the past three years which have limited my ability and desire to do much other than my daily routine. Now that my health and emotional outlook are on the upswing, I am looking forward to doing some of the things I wanted to do when I first retired.
During the past three years, your blog has meant so much to me because you are living the life I dreamed of but could never have.
Maybe in February, 2010, I can meet you in Syndey for lunch, and I can tell you in person how grateful I am for your blog and having the opportunity that you have given me to share in you life.
May God bless you and keep sharing because you are touching people all over the world.
Your blog friend in the USA,
Richard D. Wright
Alabama, USA
espoirvert@yahoo.com