summery

The morning along the San Pedro docks began typically enough, summery but cool, as the first shift powered up the Port of Los Angeles.

I like wearing summery, beachy outfits so I decided to wear something that kind of represents that.

The dioramas have been expanded into full-blown environments — spring meadow, summery desert, autumn forest, arctic winter — arranged in a hub like the lands of Disneyland, each connected to a monster that reflects its color scheme.

While it could bring some localised flooding and travel disruption, for many it will just add to the feeling of a lack of any summery weather recently.

After months of below-average temperatures and weeks of unseasonably wet weather, California’s first heat wave of the year is marking an abrupt transition into summery heat, with record-breaking, triple-digit temperatures expected this week.