jeans in july

My least favorite thing about summer in Atlanta was putting my jeans away, knowing it probably wouldn't be cool enough to wear them again until October or so. I know, native southerners can wear jeans all summer long. I don't know how they do it.

Durham, England is another story. Yesterday I was walking along Palace Green and saw a group of what looked like first-year university students heading toward the Cathedral. As it began to rain, I watched them don raincoats and put up umbrellas--and noticed that more than three-quarters of them were wearing jeans. And so was I. It did feel a little strange, to be honest. My expectations for July, having lived in the southern half of the US all my life, involve weather that is generally too hot for me.

Can this be July? O happy day!