Fun in the Sun

We are finally having summer.  After a long cold, wet Spring, it is finally summer.  Has been up to the 90's which is a little too warm for me.  And the humidity has been very high too.  That really makes it uncomfortable.  However, the kids love it.  Here is one of my great granddaughters having a great time outside.

Rain and Storms

We had all kinds of thunderstorm warning last night and when the rain came, it rained really hard for quite awhile. We got a little over half an inch in no time. It came from the right direction to water our flower bed very well. I am so glad of that as I didn't want to drag out the hose. It has been so hot but now it is pleasantly cool this morning. I am sure the humidity is down too and that really helps.

No Shade

It is almost 100 degrees in the shade and no shade. That's an old saying but the heat index today was a killer and it is still very hot. Running the A/C full blast and it can't keep it down to 80 in here. Today is the first full day of summer and it is really summer. We go from cold to hot in 24 hours around here. My husband says if you go out at night you will be able to hear the corn growing. It crackles. You can tell he's a farmer can't you?

Humidity

I hate humidity. They say that in our State the humidity comes from the corn crop and we have plenty of that. It is supposed to get probably 90 degrees or more and probably that much humidity. I just hate it. We mowed the lawn yesterday and it was bad enough then, in the early morning. But this morning, it was already over 70. Now they are predicting high winds later and probably severe storms. I don't know why we can't have hot weather without always suffering with storms afterwards. I bet you can hear the corn growing at night now in this heat. My husband says he has heard it when he was young on the farm. Just before they went to sleep, they could hear the crackling in the corn fields as the corn grew. Isn't that really something? I would like to hear it too once.