106 and climbing!

Ok, even here in Southern California we are not used to heat like this.

My desktop thermometer shows 106 and continues to go up a degree each 30 minutes or so. The humidity reads 1%, which surely must be a flaw in the system.

The heat has attracted new birds down to the birdbath, including a black phoebe, and caused the squirrels to flatten themselves like wet dishrags in the crooks of the trees. I can't imagine being forced to live without air conditioning..and wearing a fur or feather coat to boot.

I made it outside this morning around 9 am and managed to tie up and trim the vines on the 2 trellises, but even at 85 degrees and in the shade, it was too hot to linger. The garden seems to almost crackle in its dryness. I will turn on the water later tonight to try and give the plants some help before facing another day like today. I have to remember to soak the one or two potted plants we have so they have some chance of survival.

We are supposed to get some. minor, relief later in the week, but that means upper-90's instead of low 100's, so "relief" is a relative term.

Excuse me now, I need another big glass of iced tea. (SMILE)

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