Over 50 days of temperatures over 100; topped off with NO rain!!! The pastures are cracked, dry and crispy. Unless we get rain soon, there is no way we will get a second hay cutting. Worse than that, there's been no rain anywhere else so there'll be no hay from any of the other pastures in the region! Our water restrictions allow for outside watering of livestock only.
The good news is we had a couple mornings in the high 60s and low 70s so the swallows took the que and left for their winter vacation destinations to the south. We can now do the porch cleanup we need to do!
All the animals, cows and dogs, are ready for a change, any change. No wild animals to report as they too are hiding in their holes and shady areas. There is one exception. The armadillos are torturing me at one of the AC drip spots where there is just enough water that they can dig and make a mess. I have offered bounties, etc. to try to get someone, anyone, to come shoot the rascals. No takers!!! So I continue to suffer!
The areas corn and wheat crops have been harvested. The maze is next. The farmers are waiting for some moisture so they can get into the fields to plow and ready them for next year. Ah.... the circle of life!
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