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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
2804 Posts
grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
940 Posts
T
MI
940 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 02 2008 : 8:04:04 PM
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WOW! I couldn't take it. I really dislike the heat and it zaps everything I have... Today though, 75, breezy, with a few puffy white clouds in a field of bright blue! (Later on it did inch up to 85 but then cooled right back down.) Very nice night out (low 60s) right now. The clouds have moved out and my meadow is "starry"!!!! |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2008 : 8:19:59 PM
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It got up to 100 today here...102 yesterday..but we don't have the heat index thing...ugh...still...too hot for me when it gets over 80!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2008 : 9:47:00 PM
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94 today. And a bit muggy, but not as bad as it HAS been. Summer is already almost over here in Northern Ca. (kids go back to school NEXT WEEK--- YEAH!!!) Our weather has actually been below average for most of July, and so far, the first week of August. No one is complaining except the heat lovers. (which I'm NOT!) It seems to suddenly get FREEZING on Halloween night!! Very wierd, but it happens every year.
Judging from the ground squirrel activity, I have a feeling that winter is going to come early this year. But we'll see. Hopefully we'll get enough rain to avoid a serious drought since this was our second year of below average rainfall. Everything is already burnt, so we hope not TOO much rain as it will cause a lot of mud slides. It's hard to say which is WORSE!!!
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 09:56:50 AM
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I'll try to remember that when i start complaining about the weather here! Sounds abslutely unbearable...hope you can stay cool and collected...
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
http://moodranch.blogspot.com
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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Mountain Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
806 Posts
JoAnn
Colville
Washington
USA
806 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 11:27:34 AM
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| Mary Beth we were in your neck of the woods on Monday. Visiting Jim's sister on Camano Island. Turned out to be a beautiful day. We credited ourselves for bringing the lovely weather. Of course Tuesday we awoke to drizzle. Went back via the North Cascades Highway. Man was that striking. JoAnn |
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
1181 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 1:54:08 PM
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Oh mu gosh Julie!!! That is so dang hot!! It's no where near that temp here in Lake Stevens and Everett, Washington!! I don't think I would be able to handle that at all!!
Chelsey
Farmgirl Sister #283 |
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
2350 Posts
Sheila
Virginia
USA
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fiddlegirl89
True Blue Farmgirl
232 Posts
Kayla
Dunnville
KY
USA
232 Posts |
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Sandra K. Licher
True Blue Farmgirl
1106 Posts
Sandra
Horseshoe Bend
Arkansas
1106 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2008 : 08:35:53 AM
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Yes...Julie..it IS hot here! Ughhhh! I have to go out early and water and then come in and take a bath and get dressed all over again! I finally put in some drip irrigation so I could turn it on and come right back in the house! Stay cool everyone! And what I wouldn't give to be able to open the windows! I really don't like being shutin in the summer but fall will be here soon and then it will be SO WONDERFUL plus if it was ALWAYS nice outside I would never get anything done inside! LOL! Because I love being outdoorsand I am VERY grateful for the A/C...I don't know how people did it before a/c and I feel for those who work outside and the animals....everyone take care!
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2008 : 12:25:14 PM
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Don't worry about the animals Sandra. They acclimate pretty well, especially those that are BORN in the area. Most of my sheep were born here on the farm and they do much better in our weather than the ones who WEREN'T-- especially my poor ram who came from Whidby Island up there in Washington state!!! As my friends mother-in-law so aptly put it--- the poor thing was born in Heaven and woke up down here in HELL!!! (LOL) He's gotten used to it though.
As for our weather today, it's VERY nice. I worked in the yard around the house most of the morning. It must be in the 80's or so (and YES, ALL my windows are open!). VERY unusual for this time of year. Usually we're cooking in the high 90's to low 100's, but I'll take THIS weather any day!!! Happy Monday ladies! ~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
1306 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2008 : 2:27:28 PM
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It's a gorgeous day here. The temperature is 85 and nice and dry. I had my bicycle serviced recently, after a few years in storage. I'm a little out of shape, but I took a nice ride around my area. The sky was clear with billowing clouds with a nice breeze. It's funny how everything that you see daily in a car has a different look, much prettier, on a bike. It gave me a new appreciation.
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2008 : 2:44:15 PM
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Oh quit rubbing it in - those of you with cool temps! ;) HAHAHA We topped 100 again today! I think it has been 7 straight days now! We even made national news with our heatwave this morning! YUCK! My swimming pool was a nice 96 degrees today! YUCK again! We can't even go in it until after dark or the water just makes you feel hotter. I bought my chickens a misting hose and they are loving it. The dogs push their way into the house whenever they can and even our half feral cat that wont let us pet it hasn't left the front porch all week!
Farmgirl Sister #17
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2008 : 3:02:26 PM
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| Temp here is 101, heat index is 109. The chickens seem to be making it ok. A few years ago we tried raising several different breeds. When the temp got up to 100, the black ones died. We stick with Rhode Island Reds now. Heading out soon to take them some cool water. I am an open window person too. Fall can't come too soon. |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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