Monday,Garden surprise, Hot here.

 

It was 108 yesterday and supposed to be 113 today.  Hubs watered in the morning and found the plants wilting in the garden.  We have a very hot wind here and it is using up water almost as fast as we apply it.  But I have been looking for zucchini and not finding any of it.  The yellow squash are producing like crazy and they usually come on after zucchini. When hubs was watering he noticed 4 zucchini among the wilted leaves. Those little buggers hide so well.  It is easy to see the yellow but almost impossible to see the green.  He picked 4 and two are larger than I like but still edible, I just like to pick them smaller.  When they get huge all you can do is grate them and use them in cooking.  So now we have two kinds of squash, green peppers and onions and a few green beans.

There is leftover steak, chicken, some rice for dinner and I will fry up some squash, so I really don't have to cook today!  Yippi!

Hubs and I went this morning early to pay for a generator.  With the excessive heat we are more worried about freezers.  There have been outages due to temperatures.  Eventually we will hire and electrician to wire this directly into our fuse box.  We can always shut one room off and use a space heater for warmth, frozen food can be put outside in the cold.  But heat is another matter.  We have ways to cook and stay warm.

We are taking the littles again tomorrow, as there regular sitter is out for the month.  I am anxiuos to see them.  Hubs understands that he will  bear the brunt of the work, but they are both over 4 now so much easier to watch.  We also have Kelsa and William on Thursday.  I put both of the car seats in the car so Hubs can pick up the littles in the morning.

Lots of wedding dresses and a few piles to go out this week.  I hope to finish at least 4-5 dresses and get them out.  All are due for July 10th. Right now I am going to run over to an elderly widow's house as she called me and said she had to go into surgery on Friday.  She loves Mc D's diet cokes so I will stop and get us each one and go enjoy a good gossip.  I really should be sewing right now, but I don't want to put this off as it is so hot and I want to check on her.

This excessive heat and the wind amplify the fire danger. Hubs feels sorry for anyone having to fight at these temperatures. Hubs and I had a remembering session about his fire career over the weekend.  Some of the stories I did not even remember.  Would any of you be interested in hearing about them?  Some are funny and some are down right terrifying.He fought wild fire for over 40 years and would be gone for months at a time.

Well I am off for a visit and then home to put my nose to the grindstone.  I am so happy about the garden starting to produce.  Do any of you get a thrill out of your garden?

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

Kim