Wordless Wednesday Again
Before the heat wave and drought.
Joining up with Linda at Wordless Wednesday Again.
Enjoy your July 4th EveryBODY!
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Before the heat wave and drought.
Joining up with Linda at Wordless Wednesday Again.
Enjoy your July 4th EveryBODY!
Ahhhhhhhhh….thanks for the photographic reminder of the “pre-heat and drought” days we’re all suffering from lately. It looks nice and cool and comfy in the photo – love the “texture” too! Happy 4th – I’m hoping for rain!
Pam and Sam
July 4, 2012 at 5:47 am
Good Morning Pam and Sam! We are hoping for rain too and we hear rumors of a slight cool down starting Monday but not before record breaking temps starting today thru Sunday. Hope you see some rain and the heat wave goes byebye. Take care and enjoy the holiday!!!
July 4, 2012 at 5:51 am
Wish I could send you some rain. Summer’s finally arrived…at least for the next 5 days. I’m not complaining any more though, considering the heat wave that’s engulfed the rest of the country.
i’m biting my tongue…
July 5, 2012 at 6:31 pm
I love the texture in this photo! We are hot here, but we at least have had a little rain accompanying those awful storms! Hope you get some rain soon. Dan is headed home on the 13th to spend 10 days in Hillsboro…I am headed to Florida to see my mom. Maybe later this year I will get back to MO! Have a great 4th and thanks for linking up!
July 4, 2012 at 7:57 am
I enjoy your Wordless Wednesday! I need to get around to the other people that did their pictures. We will see you when you get here…
July 5, 2012 at 6:05 am
I have been admiring this in your header, now I get to see the detail. What birds do you have in here?
July 4, 2012 at 8:22 am
Hi Isobel! The last birds that had a family in there were Wrens. Before that Bluebirds! The Wrens seem to like the view…
July 5, 2012 at 6:07 am
be safe and stay cool if you can!
July 4, 2012 at 9:41 am
Thanks Tex! We stayed cool and stayed inside except for watering. Weather peeps are calling for relief by Sunday and Monday have a “cold front” making its way through our state. Not much hope for rain though. Hope you had a nice holiday!
July 5, 2012 at 5:30 am
would it be awful of me to ask for you to post a photo of the drought-affected garden? Today we’ll probably hit 75, but it has been in the 60s, humid, and overcast for weeks. not that it’s bothering me, the overcast– dark, heavy, gray, low, depressing, dim…. !! So hoping you get to cool down.
July 4, 2012 at 10:57 am
No, that isn’t an awful request…
We don’t have a veggie garden except for some tomato and bean plants. We have about 8 flower beds or beds of green stuff and they are doing fairly well because we are trying to keep them watered. Although our burning bushes are turning red and dropping leaves, they don’t do that until October. It is our Oaks, Dogwoods, Redbuds, Sassafras, Hickory and Pear trees that are showing the stress. Leaves turning yellow and dropping leaves. We had an Oak taken down Tuesday morning that was dying and the drought pushed it on. It was 106 here briefly yesterday and still 101 at 7. Same for today, Friday and Saturday BUT relief from the heat is rumored to be on the way Sunday and Monday. Rain chances don’t look promising. We shall see. I will get out and get some pictures when it cools a bit but I don’t know if you would be able to tell much. What really drives the heat wave and lack of rain home is when we drive to Jefferson City and naked trees are standing in yards and everything looks like Fall. Trees along the highway are yellow and brown and leaves all over… sad. Thanks for the hopes for a cool down, it may just happen next week!
July 5, 2012 at 5:56 am
I had no idea, Pix…. so sad to lose trees, especially the mighty oak. Sending coolth your way, I hope. –Laurel
July 5, 2012 at 11:25 am
Love what you’ve done with the photo. Hoping for some rain and cooler temps for you!
July 4, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Thanks Patti! Cooler temps may be coming next week but not before some scorching days!
July 5, 2012 at 5:57 am
Love the texture!
Hope you get some relief from the heat and drought. Our 4th of July parade got rained on this morning. YAY!!
July 4, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Thanks on the texture! Relief is on the way hopefully next week. I suppose you are used to scorching temps? Rain! No fair, but I am happy you had some fall from the sky…
July 5, 2012 at 6:22 am
I am with you. Wistful for the pre-drought greens of this past Spring here in MissouREE…My ivy is dying, and some of the smaller flowering plants are dead. Withered by the relentless, blistering heat. I water the hardier bushes every night around 10PM, hoping at they will have a fighting chance at survival. Sure am GLAD I resisted the temptation to spend a buncha money on plants for the garden this year.
July 4, 2012 at 4:46 pm
I hear you! I can hardly drag myself out in the heat to water my withered impatiens but my basil and lavender are thriving! It is our trees I worry about and large burning bushes. Relief is supposedly on the way… Sorry about your green stuff, we have some that have given up the fight.
July 5, 2012 at 6:18 am
You can tell it’s too hot when the trees start dropping green leaves. The poor oak next door is already shedding. A lot.
July 5, 2012 at 8:26 am
July 5, 2012 at 8:32 am
Will you see the cooler temps they are talking about? Hopefully some rain?
July 5, 2012 at 8:34 am
Scared to even look, but since I’ll have to go out later, am going to check.
July 5, 2012 at 8:43 am
Arrgh! To the basement with me today. Excessive heat warnings…By the time it DOES rain around here, I’ll be hard pressed not to be out in the back yard dancing naked in it…
July 5, 2012 at 10:57 am
BTW, that boat from Wordless Wednesday was in the harbor in Norfolk at our OpSail over the June 10th weekend. I just couldn’t pass it up!
July 4, 2012 at 6:10 pm
Thanks for the location! It sure looked like it was tied up at the Torpedo Factory! It is a cool boat!
July 5, 2012 at 5:59 am
Pix, Happy Fourth of July to you and Country Husband! Hugs from Maine, Julie
July 4, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Thanks Julie! Hugs back at you.
July 5, 2012 at 5:59 am
Incredibly gorgeous.
July 4, 2012 at 9:50 pm
Thank you Cupcake!
July 5, 2012 at 5:24 am
We’re in for another 5 days or more of 100+ temps down this way. Where oh where is the rain?
July 5, 2012 at 2:13 am
I know, it’s awful! Us too on the temps but I think they are saying relief is on the way Monday maybe as early as Sunday with some clouds and a “cold front”.
July 5, 2012 at 6:02 am
Hi Pix,
We are supposed to get a cool down on Monday with some rain too. I hope you guys will get some of that as wel. I dont want another summer like last year but it looks very similar already. Beautiful picture.
July 5, 2012 at 6:34 am
Christina you guys have had heat for a long time. I am glad you will see a cool down. We haven’t been this hot for this long in years. Hard on all the kitties that wander around here and it is taking a toll on all the other wildlife. Goes without saying that people are suffering. I can’t imagine people without a/c. I don’t know how they do it. Rough.
July 5, 2012 at 8:38 am
I love birdhouses. They’re a special sort of charm about them. I don’t have any though. Our bird houses usually get full of wasps and so we gave up trying to have them. Great photo.
July 5, 2012 at 7:34 am
Our bird houses were busy during Spring but I think all the birds are trying to stay down in the woods and stay cool. They are hitting our birdbaths all day!
July 5, 2012 at 8:40 am
Beautiful!
July 5, 2012 at 9:59 am
Ohhh very very pretty! =)
July 5, 2012 at 10:43 am
Came over to see if there was any sign of you. Have you gone walkabout again?
July 13, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Hi Isobel! Yes for a bit the beginning of the week and then the heat and drought has got me in a cranky so I have been staying off the computer. I looked at it yesterday morning and thought I should do some catching up and then I just picked up a book and started reading. And watering watering watering and more watering. I should come over and just let myself get lost in your blog.
July 14, 2012 at 6:45 am
Phew! Glad to know you are ok.
July 14, 2012 at 7:00 am
Ahhhh… cool and refreshing! So pretty. As usual, I’m catching up! We got rain tonight. It’s a miracle!! Hope the same for you soon.
July 13, 2012 at 9:28 pm
Hi Tammy! We got about an inch and a quarter several nights ago, nothing since. Big dry heave yesterday. Looked promising but nothing. Glad you got something! I have been staying off the computer for a bit.The heat and drought have taken it all out of me!
July 14, 2012 at 6:49 am
Just popping in to say “Hi!” hope you are ok because I haven’t seen you around in a while.
July 15, 2012 at 1:48 am
All’s good GB! Thank you so much. I clicked over to your blog and visited…
July 15, 2012 at 7:52 am
That looks just beautiful. Sorry about your drought. We are mid winter, so nothing green here either.
July 17, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Thank you for thinking about us in this drought. It has me sad and I am usually pretty upbeat. It is taking such a toll on people, livestock in our area and birds and other critters. I am such a softie, I worry about our trees. Thank you for the visit…
July 18, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Hey!
Hope you’ve seen a bit of precipitation since posting this, Pix.
July 28, 2012 at 2:23 pm
No rain since May the 7th. Hope all is well with you this morning Nancy. I haven’t been on the computer much. Life has sort of taken over computer time.
July 29, 2012 at 6:26 am
Hey Pix!! Just popped in for a quick visit my friend. Margie
July 29, 2012 at 12:22 pm
Beautiful photo, Pix!
August 11, 2012 at 8:27 am
lovely post, just like always. i am giving you 3 awards today. no pressure about action required! i will publish the post about the awards on friday. here is the link. http://believeanyway.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/a-double-hitter-not-baseball-awards
August 31, 2012 at 12:17 am