Dayam!  It is HOT.  My thermometer read 102 a while ago.  Yeesh.
Anyway, I decided that it is possible that I sounded a bit whiney in my last post.  Possibly.
So, I decided to brave the heat and go look for some encouraging scenes.  Submitted for your/my enjoyment:
I wanted to take a picture of the peaches that [...]

 

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In penance for my political digression in the last post, I took extra pictures.
The other day, I filled my gas tank, and it cost me $50. I drive a 4-cyl. Toyota (when I drive anything, which isn’t much). The oil companies are making RECORD profits, and all our government can come up with [...]

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can’t blog much… too hot… 100 degrees… global warming and/or mid-summer…
The poor chickens look like fish on dry land with their mouths hanging open panting.
Everything’s hanging like wet rags.
The sweat’s running down my forehead as fast as I can wipe it off.
Hot is what I’m saying.
Wilty Broccoli
Field of Potatoes with Blues in the Front
Walla Walla [...]

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So, my yard’s full, right? No more fruit trees. Easy enough. Just don’t buy anymore, right?
But what if a friend’s brother owns a nursery, and he’s got too many bare-root trees? He’s just going to throw them out. Nooooo!
So, I just planted a family cherry, a family apple, and a [...]

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