Where are we today ?
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Wonderful mild night last night windows open and a great sleep, so quiet here. Up early for the sunrise but a bit cloudy, not very impressive. But did get an early walkabout town before things warmed up.Then a quick trip to New Hamburg needed a few items. Home shortly after 10 am to get some grass mowing before it was too hot.
Just up the road saw a farmer harvesting a crop, not sure what it was but bright green looked like grass and he was loading it into a truck beside him in the field.
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| not much grass growing but the weed a foot tall |
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| no weeds now and not much grass either |
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| thats me |
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| love this pool , my mermaid floating around |
Final swim about 4 o'clock, we all refreshed, after drinking gallons of water so far time for something more substantial. Nothing refreshes more than a cold beer on a day like this. Then time to fire up our Weber Q 100. Grill a couple bone in chicken breasts and enjoy the aroma of it cooking. About 45 minutes on the grill after preheating 15 minutes and turned to low about 45 minutes, no peaking! Done to perfection once again.
After supper has cooled down to about 75 outside, perfect! Thought about firing up the genny to turn on the air, but don't think it will be necessary. Inside cooling down quite nicely down to 85F already and the fantastic fan is cooling things down nicely. With the humidity felt like 102F and we can handle that with the pool here. Supposed to feel like 106F tomorrow we will see how that goes, probably more pool time and maybe even fire up our air conditioner for a bit. The heat does not bother me, but gets to Suzie sometimes.
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| yup we love our chicken |
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| Added to our refreshing salad and fresh local strawberries was wonderful and of course more leftovers saving up for more Chicken noodle soup |
Hope y'all had a wonderful day and enjoyed this amazing summer weather (or not) at least keep hydrated and cool, (a pool, a beach or air conditioning) whatever works for you. When I was a growing up we spent our summers at the cottage on Georgian Bay, if it was hot went for a swim and spent many summer days in the lake, just came out for meals. We prefer outside in the fresh air. Thanks for stopping by.
Check out the interactive map below to see where we have been this summer
What? You in the pool without your ever present hat? :cD
ReplyDeleteLOL,,, hard to swim underwater with a straw hat, but it is right beside to pool with my towel.
DeleteIt definitely looks like you found summer. The sun is smiling down for sure.
ReplyDeleteIt sure is wonderful too.
DeleteThe farmer was harvesting his hay crop (alfalfa). Here in SW Wisconsin, we just finished our 3rd cutting. Most alfalfa that is chopped, as you saw, is for a dairy farm. Part of the ration they use along with corn, soybean meal, etc. On our dairy Farm, we typically get five crops of hay, cutting about every 30 days, or when ready. Not sure If you get more than three crops, up in your area. Dairy Farmers used to only used baled hay! But industry and knowledge has changed to chopped hay, stored in a Silage bag ( long white worms), an upright cement stave silo, or a large bunker silo. Makes for a better wholesome produce, MILK and Cheese, along with other dairy products. Love your blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks Barb, for all the information. I guess we could have asked Suzie's Brother , he is a dairy farmer, and there is a lot of dairy farms in the area. Glad you stopped by and let me know, interesting information.
DeleteI need the A/C once it hits 90F. Outside in the shade with a breeze I am good at higher temps.
ReplyDeleteThats what we had plus this wonderful pool.
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