New York City, August 17, 2016

★★★ Loosely gathered white clouds held off the sun at first, but as soon as the light got through, it began squeezing out sweat. The air was drier, and some of the smells on it were sweet. By afternoon, the light and the breeze on the crosstown blocks were unquestionably shading toward autumn. In the middle of the uptown blocks, where the air wasn’t circulating, it was still summer. Soft silvery highlights made the late clouds lovely if you looked at them.