Heat Wave

The pictures are hard to read but it shows Excessive Heat in pink. That's right, the entire area is in a warning. And did you notice, not even 8:00am and it's already into the 80s. No wonder I was dripping wet after doing chores this morning. Even at 5:30am it was stinking hot.

The next few days don't look like we'll get a break. I'm a little worried for the horses but as long as they have shade and water, they should be ok.

These temps have burned off what little patience I had and melted my temper. Hopefully I can get cooled off.

I tried to give Babe a bath last night so we could shave her. Ya, that didn't go so well. Gave her a bath at 6:30pm and at 10:30pm I was still sopping wet. Apparently, when the humidity is higher than the temperature, nothing dries. I sort of knew that but totally spaced it. We didn't tackle shaving Babe until 8 or 9pm. We didn't get far before the mosquitoes came out. So poor Babe is sporting a bald spot on her side. We got some of the longer hair but there's a big ugly spot where Mike went to town shaving (it was the only dry spot on Babe by that time). Hopefully tonight we can continue shaving her. For Babe's sake, we'll refrain from taking any body shots of her.