Middle July - HOT
Good GRIEF it is HOT... just as the Old Farmer's Almanac predicted, so I have been expecting it. Here in the Midwest, we call this "Corn Growin' Weather!"..... hot, humid and sticky. Today the humidity is expected because we have finally had RAIN! Here in Northern Illinois, we have watched storm after storm bypass us, either to the North or to the South, but missing us with amazing accuracy. I know that not all areas around here are scorching dry, as I have done some traveling. Last weekend we went (4 hours) up to Northern Wisconsin where DS #2 has purchased a wooded property ... and I mean IN THE WOODS! The temperatures were a bit cooler so it was a very comfortable trip, and since there had been more rain up there, the fire danger was low. We had a wonderful evening sitting around a flaming fire, listening to the night birds (Whip-o-will and Loon) and star-gazing.... what we could see despite a full moon! Here is a pic of the "wooded lot" that he