Yes, everyone is talking about the upcoming change in the weather anticipated this weekend. A “cold” front is moving in and is expected to give us cooler weather starting around Sunday and continuing into the next week.
Yessiree, we are finally going to get a break from these hot temperatures and FINALLY the temps will be . . . only . . .
IN THE MID NINETIES.
It will be kinda like spring all over again. We’ve had triple-digit temperatures for about three weeks now (which is normal for this part of the country at this time of year).
Nana Pam and I still remember that one summer from ‘hale’ a few years ago when we experienced triple-digit temperatures for about 60 or 70 days straight. The local bookies were losing their shirts (sweat-soaked though they were) taking odds on when the hot weather would break.
But, here at Buddha Belly Farm the heat is not as nearly as hot as the rest of the state (see photo – it’s cooler in the shade).
And though it’s hot, the chickens have been laying well and the garden gave us a surplus of produce before going on strike and proclaiming it too hot to . . . well, “produce” any more. All except the okra, that is. That stuff seems to love the hot weather. I’ve had to pick it twice a day to keep up. The last time I brought a basket of okra into the house, Nana Pam told me to cut down all the plants, that she didn’t want to see another okra stalk, and that her favorite son-in-law (I quote) “damned well better like okra as much as he says he does, or there’ll be hell to pay.”
(Note from Nana Pam: That is NOT a quote - I did NOT say that. All I said was that I’m sick and tired of seeing okra – I don’t even like okra that much - I didn’t want this much okra – we have okra coming out of our ears right now – the freezer’s full of okra – every time Grumpa comes in from the garden he’s carrying a basket of okra with a sadistic grin on his face and I’M SICK OF IT . . . So, Robbie dear, come get your okra – that’s a good boy.)
Anyway, it’s hot and miserable and hot and dry and hot, and we haven’t had any rain for months. (For consistent use of complaint metaphors, see blog entry, dated March 8, 2010)
But, we will get relief THIS WEEKEND WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE IN THE NINETIES !!! YAAAAAAH !!!
