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Rue and Heat ~ Hubby's Long Work Days


Rue, short for Rudy, does not like the early heat we are getting.  I took some scraps out to my daughter, to feed her goats, and saw her giving Rue a hair cut with her trimmers.  He was panting miserably.

The lamancha goats handle the heat better, unless they are babies, but generally their breed can handle heat better.  Poor guy.


Here is an updated photo of Primrose.  I had trouble getting a good photo, as she thought my camera was food.  When I went into her stall to get the water bucket, that little stinker got out twice.  Good thing she has a collar on her.

Well, the joke is still on us.  No rain as of this morning.  Hmpf.  The weather continues to forecast thunderstorms, yet we get nothing.  I did read that tornado type weather was coming our way around Tuesday.  They are forecasting storms around 2pm today.  Should I believe them? 

Hubby was so happy that he was not working over 8 hours yesterday, and could come home to help plant tomatoes.  However, 15 minutes prior to quit time, they told them to stay until a job was finished.  He got home around 1:00am, and was back up at 6:30am this morning.  

The heat is making us miserable.  The house cats are laying around on the floor, which is not normal early in the morning. The typically rub all over us, try to trip us, and meow for their breakfast. Today, they could care less.   One of the dogs, enjoys cooling off with ice cubes, and the other has her own pool.    

I guess I'm going out in this humidity and planting more tomato plants.  Then I am coming in to work on my short story.  I promised myself to make more time for my writing, so I better get crackin' at my chores.  Plus, Martha (the scarecrow) was blown down by wind yesterday.  I better get her back up too.

Enjoy your day!
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Tombstone Livestock said…
I'm afraid it is going to be a long hot summer, somehow spring lasted about 2 weeks here.
May 21, 2013 at 10:02 AM
Liz said…
It has been quite warm and humid around here as well. I hate when are springs are so short!
May 21, 2013 at 11:41 AM
Katmom said…
and we are in the throws of winds & rain... wanna trade? lol!
Hang in there.
hugz
>^..^<
May 21, 2013 at 10:58 PM
RB said…
They make kennel misters that may help a bit with the heat. We have one for our dog, we run it along the top of his kennel, and it mists him.

God bless.

RB
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May 24, 2013 at 12:57 AM
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