I'm not sure what the official numbers were, but I saw 100ºF actual temperature and 117ºF as the 'feels like' temperature on Wednesday. It was over 90% humidity in the morning but was down to mid-40's at the hottest part of the day, which is still more than enough to be very palpable at that temperature. It was our first 100 degree day since July 2012, in a worse drought that year. Thursday was much the same, just a few degrees less. Kate dug up an old pan to put out with water for the critters so we did that and I threw some peanuts on the stump area to help bring them in so I could put out the trail camera to see what happened.
This new trail camera shows the temperature on the pictures but not the video, which is disappointing. I've searched through the settings a few times, but the option just isn't there. The video below is clips with pictures here and there, all in timeline order, of that time of the week so you can take a moment to consider the temperature and time of day. The water pan wasn't used a whole lot yet, but it was a new thing, too.
Other than that, last post was the sunflower at its peak. I now have a bungee cord helping stabilize it as it appeared to be leaning more, and with the heat and heaviness of the bloom the top is looking a bit more droopy. And if you look close, the small one does have an odd, small attempt at a bloom.
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| You can't tell, but yes, I've been watering. |
I also did some baking today, trying a new recipe for the second time. It's a very versatile French bread recipe and a full batch makes a lot of dough. This batch I made into 4 burger buns with 4 pepperoni and cheese rolls below those, and hot dog buns and a baguette on the right.
Oh, I was off work for an appointment today, so I had the time. Have a great weekend, everyone!
3 comments:
Phew! That is hot and with high humidity, not very pleasant. We had a thunderstorm and heavy rain this afternoon, could we swap please? Even for a day or two.
Great looking loaves and rolls!
Weather here is dismal still. Cold wet and grey. Haven't had to use water from the tap to water wince mid-June. Water butts are always totally full. Worst year I can ever remember.
All our sunflowers look like your small one - stunted and almost no head. Ours is lack of sun, yours is too much!
Hope the appointment went well.
This weekend has been comfortable with highs in the 70's but we'll be back around 90º by the end of the week. A few days from here, a few days from there, and we'd both have a nice summer!
Thank you, BW. This bread is too crusty for hot dog buns, we're finding. And the pepperoni/cheese rolls are good but prone to explosion so not sure worth the effort. Still, I like this recipe; incredibly simple but the bread is very good.
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