Over the century mark

Well, our rain is long gone.  It reached 102 in the shade today.  This is the first day of the year that topped 100 and probably tomorrow also.   With the humidity, it's like 110.  My poor chickens really wished they had no feathers.  They stay in the shade all the time.  Momma and baybays are doing OK, but they are not happy.  I feed them japanese beetles and watermelon and grass, but I can't let them out to forrage yet.

The pond is so low that Buddy can walk across without having to swim.  I'm still watering the garden from the well.  I'm getting okra and cucumbers and am still drying herbs, but that's about all.  The volunteer toms are starting to get ripe, but the others are done.  Next year, I am definitely doing the toms in pots.

Needless to say, I don't do walkies in this heat.  I pretty much stay indoors.  I did try to hang out some wash yesterday and one of my poles collapsed on me.  I think the termites ate it through.  Of course, this didn't happen til all the laundry was on the line.  I wired it the best I could to keep the clothes off the dirt.  I need a new pole but can't stand the thought of using a PHD in this heat.

sad laundry pole

We finished the two mile stretch of trash pickup on Sunday.  We ended up with 12 bags of recycle and 12 bags of trash.  It should never be that bad again, I hope.  When we emptied the recycle at our trash center, we half filled their big wire bin.  

trashy mctrash pile

What a world, what a world.  I'm melting so it's time for a glass of cool white wine, but NOT on the porch.

That's all for now.

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