How you know when it's summer

Ah, July in Ireland.

When you don't always need to wear a coat.

When the little girls only need leggings or tights under their dresses, not both at once.

When you might be too warm in that fleece.

When you don't have to turn on the heating (so long as you still have your cosy dressing gown and slippers for breakfast time).

When socks are optional, so long as you can hide the blue tinge of your toes under some nice bright nail polish.

When it's 99 degrees in DC and today's high in Dublin is a balmy 61 F.