And really really dry. I'm laying low in the house today. Up early to tend to all the beasties and will do a noon watering and check on all, but otherwise I'm hibernating! Pastures are shot. I worry about all the old ones--the ancient chickens, the elderly sheep. Here was my (brief) morning outside in pictures. Hope it's cooler at your house!
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| Looks more like fall with all the downed leaves |
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| Here are the five elderly members of the flock. The youngest is nine (the black one) and the rest are ten. |
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| Chaco & Noah hanging out in the catio |
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| The 'garden' is growing. The tomatoes are thriving in the heat |
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| Cherokee Purples--Maybe I'll have tomatoes this year! |
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| Volunteer Sunflower--cheerfully greats the burning sun |
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| Trumpet vines --- fill up station for the hummingbirds |
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| Deck tomatoes are looking great! |
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| Trinity soaks up the sun....even when it's too hot for the rest of us |
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| Hot Dogs. Ashley, Minty, Carly |
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| Trumpet vine--early morning heat haze |
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| Minty wants me to do something about the heat! |
Praying for rain!
9 comments:
Feeling the same and doing the same here in Wisconsin.
It's super hot here too. Right now I'm looking at a dark sky coming across the fields hoping it'll have some rain in it for us. Stay cool...
Berte
I suppose I shouldn't tell you that it is raining here at the moment. Would it help to know that tomatoes do NOT grow well here? And that we had the third coolest June on record?
Some great shots -- that first of the rusty chair is definitely frame worthy. We're hurting for rain too...
Well, it isn't raining right now, but it has been for the last week. Wish we could send you some. I worry about all my friends east of the Rockies. I know you're hurting with the heat & storms. t.
Same here in New England. And my two collies are feeling it also. Just back from our early walk in the relative cool of 6am. Then they will retire to cool spots under bushes in the yard.
This too will pass!!!!
Peter
It is hot here in Ohio also! I hate it! I like the garden only in the morning and evening! Your tomatoes are looking good! Last year mine were awful but this has been a good year. I have been eating cherry tomatos for a week now!
Hiya! Thought I would stop in and check on you and the Gang! It's miserable here as well. We're waiting for monsoons to start - supposedly this week. The sheep stay in the shade or the barn and so do I - early morning or after the sun drops behind the trees is the only respite we have to work in. I'll try to send clouds your way IF I see any. ;)
I love the Catio!!! It sure turned out well. I won't show it to our guys or they'll want one as well.
Keep cool!
Many hugs!
We're having a heat wave, too, in Texas. Plus high humidity. Just trying to keep everyone cool. My chickens are young and I'm trying to keep them cool, watered (even the dirt), give cold watermelon, and fill up the farmdog's dirt hole she dug to China with water, too!
I just love your "catio"!
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