Things I like about not having air conditioning

When I was little, I'd dream of the day I had a place with A/C. I loved sleeping at my friends' houses in the summer, being able to sleep under covers all year long.

But now, I hope I never have to live in a place where A/C rules. I've grown to love the air. :) (It sounds silly sometimes, even to me, as I would choose winter any day.)

• the satisfying way my skin cools down late at night- still sticky, but cool.
• breezes. I appreciate each of them.
• walking down near the river or in the woods because it is cooler there
• listening to owls at night through the open windows
• having the windows open at night, and the scent of the air filling the house
• feeling ice melt in my mouth
• appreciating a good glass of ice water
• lying in bed with just a sheet, or not, feeling the heat. I feel it connects me, somehow, to the rest of the world, to everyone else depending on breezes
• the experience of the temperature dropping before a summer storm.
• the coolness of morning and evening
• smells- honeysuckle, rain, summer...
• even the little no-see-um bugs that get in through the window screens. 

I'll be adding to the list. I think I appreciate life, air, more. And in an Anne of Green Gables sort of way, it's kind of romantic.