I think Buster Poindexter sang that song, and it describes our weather now. Thankfully, we got a nice soft half inch of rain Friday. From the looks of the forecast now, we will probably be crying for rain before we get it, not at all unusual this time of year. What is unusual is our crops, at least many of them, are about 30-45 days behind where they should be this time of year, I don't know how the heat will effect them. If it is just a 2 or 3 week thing, we can probably sail through it, but if it turns into an until the 15th of September event, we are probably in real trouble.
We haven't hit 100 yet, but we are very close, with the humidity our heat index is above 100. Didn't take me long to decide to come back into the house while putting some new teeth on the baler a little while ago. Mrs. KF sheared the dogs the other day, they seem to appreciate it. This is good hay making weather, but with alfalfa it gets dry too fast so must be baled after dark or before noon so as not to lose all of the leaves.
As our house is old(by US standards) we have 2 window air conditioners, not central air, my fingers are crossed they will both stay running. This time of year they pretty much run non-stop, I expect this is one reason more energy is consumed by Americans than Brits. I have tried shutting them off at night, but the house will heat up and then never get cool enough to go to sleep until about 4 in the morning. In the old days, most farmhouses(and for that matter houses in town) had screened in porches, and people slept on them at night. If energy costs get any higher, I guess we might be screening ours in and sleeping outside.
My intention for today had been to go to the 4 State farm show and post some pics, but the idea of standing outside in the hot sun all afternoon pretty much nixed that. I have always wondered why they cannot run it late into the night when it is like this(and it is always like this the end of July).
The county fair is coming up, not much compared to the farmshow, but maybe I can post some pics of that.
One year ago today I was at AllyRs enjoying some good Scots hospitality. Time really does zoom past, I simply can't believe it has been an entire year.