Optimism, I Guess....

 


Well, despite a definite trend a/o this typing:

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a few glimpses of blue sky and flashes of sunshine have me so optimistic
that our days-long spell of unbroken clouds and rain is breaking, as to
hang a load of laundry to dry. Lord knows, I'm not complaining about the
rain or the (eventually) cooler daytime temps but the constant
cloudiness puts some of the garden's denizons, flora and fauna
(everything except those damnable grasshoppers), into haitus and keeps
me indoors: I simply can't stand having wet fur. Fortunately no pressing
tasks, although, I have three long-fallow beds I'd like to get together
by, say, October and really would like to get two winter deadfalls at
least limbed out now that we finally broke down and mowed. One can stay
pretty much where it lies but the other I want to relocate because it
interferes with access to garden materials. As much as possible, we
leave snags and deadfalls where they stand/fall  because of their value
to woodpeckers, who seem to like them well enough....

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    Earlier today, DW heard and then spied two more optimists:
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    Those are red tailed hawks, AKA "chicken" hawks, a native specie
that is widely distributed throughout the American continent. These
individuals are familiars: For several years now, they have populated
the rearmost 1/3 of the tract on which we live. We provide a
watering/bathing station (one of these days, I'll get a picture); the
native bunnies and the neighbor's cats provide a reliable food supply.
--
the Balvenieman
USDA zone 9b, peninsular Florida, U.S.A.
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laundry folded and put a way; it rains again.

 

 balvenieman@invalid.net wrote:


 If possible send some of that water to the northeast.  About 102 F. and
still with nothing moving.  I ventured out a hour ago to turn on a small
sprinkler about ft 5 foot radius for critters. Robins, Jays and a Cat
bird knew in minutes.
 Our water table is still about 3 o4 feet too high.  This may change as
the word drought seems to be creeping about.  
  Son went to Ocean City NJ for sun and water where it was ovder 90 on
the beach.  HOT.
  Some guy I read that predicts hurricanes Bastardi (sp) says step
change in weather with this winter a cold one big time.
 Meanwhile a brisket cooked in 85 F.  Sunday warming up served with this
sauce.

1 C Tomato paste
1/2 C Worcestershire
1/4 Liquid Smoke
1/4 White vinegar
1/2 Mustard prepared
1 C sugar
1/4 C Brown Sugar
3 C Beef stock
1 t Red pepper
1 T chile power

Simmer 2 hours serve hot

--
Bill  S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
     What use one more wake up call?  
 

 



a brisket cooked in 85°F??? What cooks at 85°F?

Do you mean 185°F? This is the temp that was suggested to me for
saurebraten.
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/28/naomi_klein_the_real_crime_scene

 

In article


 The Weber was 275 F.   The outside about the ambient  air that I walked
about in  was 85.    English is tough with idiots like me trying to
convey info.

--
Bill  S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
     What use one more wake up call?