Animals
- Morning To Evening....everything In Between Is Hot!
Farm work begins before the sun rises above the horizon.Right now, it's the coolest time of the day.Cool and foggy. We're in the midst of a heat wave...but one in which the nights are cool....so a layer of fog settles over the morning landscape....
- Three Days And Counting....
It's been hot and sticky here all week.High humidity...thanks to all of the torrential downpours that have accompanied thunderstormsalmost every other day.I think in the last two weeks we have received at least 10 inches of rain. We are quite soggy,...
- Frittering Away In The Heat
What do Sam.... Red Fred.... and Milford have in common? They are panting!! Remember last week when I talked about skipping through the choreson an Autumn-like breeze?Well Summer must have heard me and decided to stop slacking.She's back with a...
- Happy As A Pig In Mud!
Summer gave us a preview yesterday as temperatures soared to 85.Part of why I love Pennsylvania so much is the change of seasons.But, usually the change is a little more gradual.Not so, it seems, this year.Spring arrived ahead of schedule,and it looks...
- Uncle!
"UNCLE!" That is what we used to cry when we'd had enough.Well, "Uncle!" I say. I have had enough! Of this..... HEAT!! Yesterday afternoon the thermometer on the sunny sideof the house read 120 degrees....that's all the higher it goes.The...
Animals
Things To Do On A Hot Summer Day
It seems that most of the country is experiencing a heat wave this week.
And we are no exception...
however, we are luckier than some.
Our high temps are just in the low nineties...it could be much worse.
But still, for animals that are used to temps in the 80's and even 70's
a hot day can take its toll.
The horses, after spending a cool night out in the pasture...
spend their daytime napping in the shade of the run-in.
Ginger and MaryAnn take turns cooling off in the pool.
Just sitting there soaking in the water seems to be enough to keep these gals happy
on hot afternoons.
And from the looks of this water (muddy), I'd say they've used it quite a bit
on this particular afternoon.
Their pool gets scrubbed out and re-filled daily, of course.
The donkeys never seem to mind the heat, and rather than stand in the shade...
seem to prefer being in the sun.
Yesterday afternoon, they treated Annie to her favorite game...
although on cooler days everyone runs a little faster and farther.
But still...the game went on....
- Morning To Evening....everything In Between Is Hot!
Farm work begins before the sun rises above the horizon.Right now, it's the coolest time of the day.Cool and foggy. We're in the midst of a heat wave...but one in which the nights are cool....so a layer of fog settles over the morning landscape....
- Three Days And Counting....
It's been hot and sticky here all week.High humidity...thanks to all of the torrential downpours that have accompanied thunderstormsalmost every other day.I think in the last two weeks we have received at least 10 inches of rain. We are quite soggy,...
- Frittering Away In The Heat
What do Sam.... Red Fred.... and Milford have in common? They are panting!! Remember last week when I talked about skipping through the choreson an Autumn-like breeze?Well Summer must have heard me and decided to stop slacking.She's back with a...
- Happy As A Pig In Mud!
Summer gave us a preview yesterday as temperatures soared to 85.Part of why I love Pennsylvania so much is the change of seasons.But, usually the change is a little more gradual.Not so, it seems, this year.Spring arrived ahead of schedule,and it looks...
- Uncle!
"UNCLE!" That is what we used to cry when we'd had enough.Well, "Uncle!" I say. I have had enough! Of this..... HEAT!! Yesterday afternoon the thermometer on the sunny sideof the house read 120 degrees....that's all the higher it goes.The...