It is Hot. To get as much air flowing through the house as we can Síle had the excellent notion of opening the cellar door to encourage the cooler air to rise from its depths.
It works.
It also exposes the inside of the cellar door which we have never painted and, strangely, in these days of distressed finishes, I think it looks quite good.

I went out to take a shot of the door and couldn’t decide which one I liked best.
So………….