Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Forecast: Scattered Grumpy and Cranky

Red sky at night; shepherds delight,
Red sky in the morning; shepherds warning
When will it make an end? Hot as blazes again today with a ton of humidity. We'll take tonight's red sky as an omen that it will be cooler tomorrow and dare to make a high noon tee time -- the only time Stan's employed partner could get away, he said. We'll use a cart and drive fast.
We did have a nice rain a couple days ago so the grass and flowers are doing okay. The wisteria planted this spring has climbed eight feet up the fancy new pig-fence trellis. (Photo when we're good and ready) The rain took care of some burned spots where the sprinklers don't reach. Could be worse, ya know.
Cousin Harold out in western North Dakota says crops are looking pretty good, squeezed in between the oil rigs. . . they've had good rains too, but then there was that occasional hail, you know, and all the truck traffic from so much commerce. Did we mention that it has been really hot out?
Thanks for listening. Don't mean to complain.