After a cold, rainy spring, and lots of illness, our solar panels brought our pool from 61 degrees 3 or 4 days ago to 78, then 80 degrees this afternoon and early evening!

We normally start swimming in early May and swim the whole month--the solar panels warm it up SO nicely. This is the first year in many that we weren't swimming before Memorial Day, but at least we made it today!

My next door neighbors are just starting their gas heater--meanwhile the water is 68-70 and their part-penguin kids are in it, playing!

But it's nice to have it open, running and SWIMMING!