We recently planted some grass & wildflower seed in our front yard. Every evening, we water the area we planted until it is sitting in a pool of water. By noon of the next day, the ground that held a puddle the night before looks like this:
At least there's some green there - a near miracle, in this weather!
Papaya Daddy is off today, but it's too hot to do much. Understandably, Independence Day is not a huge holiday among the Hopi Indians (although it is more popular than Columbus Day). They do seem to love fireworks, though, so we might see a few of those if we sit out in our yard tonight. Hopefully, the pyrotechnics won't spawn any real fires in this crispy environment.
Here's hoping that the summer monsoons begin soon! Even a few clouds would be welcome!
1 comment:
Reminds me too much of Texas.
Our yard always had huge cracks running through it.
From June until August, it would hit 100 almost every day.
We went to Texas Ranger baseball games with the temp still 99 at the end of the game at 11:00pm.
Your aunt Phyllis would go out every night and hose the house down to release some of the heat.
The steam would just roll off!
It is very humid and is supposed to hit 98 here this weekend, but I'll take that any day over what you are putting up with.
At least it gets cool and sometimes even pleasant at night.
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