Signs of Excessive Heat
You know it's really hot when--
--You see that the 3:52 PM temperature on the NOAA site says 106 degrees and you're pretty sure it's hotter right now, an hour later, because the hourly update hasn't yet registered, and the predicted high has not yet been reached.
--Every bird you see has its mouth hanging open.
--You eye a tall weed in the garden, in your zucchini row, and you debate briefly whether pulling it would be better than leaving it to provide shade for the zucchini.
--You pick up a garden hose to do some watering and you remind yourself not to direct the water stream immediately at any desirable plant, for fear of scalding it alive.
--Grant forgets to turn off the free flowing garden hose on the front lawn when he comes home after dark, and the next morning you discover that running at full blast all night has created absolutely no run-off.
--Everywhere you look, you see something wilting.
--If you're outdoors, you hear the hogs squealing over disagreements about whose turn it is to lie next to the automatic waterer where a little coolness seeps through.
--You look at Shane's Angus cows and calves at the stock tank and think they would look better wearing cooler summer colors.
--The green beans produce flowers but no green beans. The tomatoes seem to be doing the same thing, except for the very early-planted ones.
--You get up at 5:30 and head for the garden, in hopes of being able to vegetate indoors in the afternoon.
--It's 96 degrees before lunch.
--It's a Pig Smell day and you decide it's the least of your worries.
--Five birds at once line up on the rim of the large blue ceramic bird bath flower-pot saucer you've filled and placed in the middle of the picnic table under a limbed up Arborvitae tree. Other birds splash in the water or wait their turn on the table nearby.
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This week we're in the middle of a string of days of highs over 100 every day. It's predicted to last through next Wed., except for having only 99 on Saturday. It's very dry again, and praying for rain made it to the prayer request list in church on Wed. eve.
--You see that the 3:52 PM temperature on the NOAA site says 106 degrees and you're pretty sure it's hotter right now, an hour later, because the hourly update hasn't yet registered, and the predicted high has not yet been reached.
--Every bird you see has its mouth hanging open.
--You eye a tall weed in the garden, in your zucchini row, and you debate briefly whether pulling it would be better than leaving it to provide shade for the zucchini.
--You pick up a garden hose to do some watering and you remind yourself not to direct the water stream immediately at any desirable plant, for fear of scalding it alive.
--Grant forgets to turn off the free flowing garden hose on the front lawn when he comes home after dark, and the next morning you discover that running at full blast all night has created absolutely no run-off.
--Everywhere you look, you see something wilting.
--If you're outdoors, you hear the hogs squealing over disagreements about whose turn it is to lie next to the automatic waterer where a little coolness seeps through.
--You look at Shane's Angus cows and calves at the stock tank and think they would look better wearing cooler summer colors.
--The green beans produce flowers but no green beans. The tomatoes seem to be doing the same thing, except for the very early-planted ones.
--You get up at 5:30 and head for the garden, in hopes of being able to vegetate indoors in the afternoon.
--It's 96 degrees before lunch.
--It's a Pig Smell day and you decide it's the least of your worries.
--Five birds at once line up on the rim of the large blue ceramic bird bath flower-pot saucer you've filled and placed in the middle of the picnic table under a limbed up Arborvitae tree. Other birds splash in the water or wait their turn on the table nearby.
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This week we're in the middle of a string of days of highs over 100 every day. It's predicted to last through next Wed., except for having only 99 on Saturday. It's very dry again, and praying for rain made it to the prayer request list in church on Wed. eve.
posted by Mrs. I at
2:50 PM
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