Struggling with Another Heat Wave

I hate heat, and this summer has been record-breaking, and it's not even half over yet! This is Canada, the "Great White North", land of ice and snow, the polar bear and igloos - not some tropical get-away. Today we are set to break all records - again. I've never seen a forecast of 37 Celsius, and that's not including the humidity. Thank goodness for air-conditioning! But even that isn't enough to keep the heat from permeating everything. 

Sewing is becoming a real struggle in this heat, but better to make slow progress than none at all. I'm working on the overskirt for the minty-gray Victorian ball-gown, which comes down to a point in front. It will be flat with many of the same trims as the main skirt. It's a bit challenging making the pleated trim come to a neat point down at the front, but I think it's looking good. Now to press it and sew it onto the over-skirt edge. Then make the next  two rows. 

As much as I can't stand this hot weather - and most of my garden doesn't care for it either - there are a few plants which are loving it. My poor impatiens are cooking daily and have barely any flowers, yet the geraniums have never looked better - they LOVE sunshine and heat. My day-lily collection is in full bloom too. It's too bad each flower only lasts one day, but each stem does have a lot of buds, so I do get to enjoy them for several weeks. Here's some photos...

What I really miss is pink. I used to have a huge collection of Asiatic lilies, but an invasion of  Japanese lily beetles made short work of them. The beetles don't seem to like day-lilies, so we invested in quite some collection of them a few years back. But day-lilies don't come in true bright pinks - like my favourite Asiatic lily - the bright pink, spotted Star Gazer......