Sunday Morning Dawg

It's August in Louisiana, the dog days where heat shimmies off of asphalt roads and every living thing seeks shade. Our patio, the project we completed in July, catches the full morning sun and in the summertime when it's 80-by-eight, the hottest times on the porch are between 8:00 -10:00 a.m.  Full sun on brick and concrete, so the dog has found a spot under Milady's chair that offers a modicum of shade.

That's normally where the dog can be found on a hot summer morning, under Milady's chair, helping her with the crossword puzzle.  Morning sun is a great feature of that porch in the wintertime, but in the summer it's best to wait until noon when it's fully in shade.