The heat dome (as it's been called) has moved on to taunt eastern Europe. We are free, for now, from its searing grip. Already, the weather gurus are warning us: it's still early in the summer. It can return. We'll keep an eye out.
And now it's raining.
The heat wave has finally broken, sort of. We had a nice thunderstorm last night for a shot while and, this morning, a pretty stiff wind event blew the "heat dome" (as they're calling it) around mixing up the air. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. This morning we have fresh, cool air. Will it last? Who can say. It's still hot, but a little less so. Happy weekend everyone!
Our last two nights have been horrid. The humidity (such that it is) is up, so that makes things feel worse.Gotta hold on a little longer; relief is expected over the weekend.
Records are being broken all over France as our historic heat wave continues. We're expecting a high of 42ºC today. That's nearly 108ºF. Yikes! Sleeping last night was awful. It'll be worse tonight, they say.
At least, we're going to feel like toast by the time this week is over. Today's high is predicted to get upwards of 40ºC. That's 104ºF. And highs about the same, if not higher, for the rest of the week. Yikes!
I'm often up in the night wandering around the house. On hot summer nights I will also be wandering around on the deck, looking for jets, satellites, constellations, the international space station, and other things that fly by in the night sky. Last night, I saw this. I wasn't looking for it. Today I'll have to do some research for the details.
The next few days will be our hottest in this current heat wave. I'll probably be out on the deck a few times star watching.
Our oregano patch is ready for harvesting! I started a couple of days ago. Armed with a pair of scissors, I clipped as much as would fit in a large bowl and rinsed it well. Then I put the clean stalks and leaves into the dehydrator and let it run on low for most of the day. When the stalks got dry, I removed them from the stems and put the leaves in zip-top bags for storage.I'm repeating the process for another batch now, and there could be a third while the weather's good.
We're still using last year's harvest, so it will be a while before we start using these.
