hcsperrhodos:

““…she couldn’t keep from remembering the summer night when they all slept outside on the patio. During the dog days, they hung giant hammocks on the patio, because of the unbearable heat. They set a large earthenware jar full of ice on a table and inside they placed a cut-up watermelon in case someone was hot and got up in the middle of the night wanting to eat a slice to cool down.””

— Laura Esquirel, Like Water for Chocolate (via lesgardenias)