Sunday, March 24, 2013

Batten down

After reaching 102 degrees here yesterday a front blew in from the north last night and with it came some cooler temperatures (68 degrees). When I say blew in, that's just what I mean, winds are gusting to 35 miles an hour and as a precaution I took the flag down before it blew down. Again there is plenty of topsoil in the air and it leaves a not so fine coating of of dust on everything. I'm sure glad it's a basketball day to keep my attention.

I also started the morning off with a quick trip to Walmart to stock the pantry for the week. I'm walking a fine line on food purchases because when I leave next week I want the refrigerator to be empty so I can shut it down for the summer. As a matter of fact I plan to completely shut Mel down for the summer, with everything disconnected until I get back in the fall. After all Mel is entitled to a vacation, too.

With the wind howling it is a good thing there is plenty of basketball on TV today to help me enjoy the good life.

14 comments:

  1. With that kind of wind, you won't have to travel. The land will be blown to you! ;c)

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    1. You're right. With this north wind We might have the Alamo pass by at any time now.

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  2. WOW....102. That actually might be too hot for me. The wind is blowing us all around too.

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    1. The problem yesterday was the humidity was pretty high too. Boy the Buckeyes sure squeaked one out.

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  3. Don't know where you're at... but wish I were there!!! I don't think I've been warm for at least a year. 102 sounds pretty good!

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    1. Mission Texas is the location and it has cooled a bit, only 77 today.

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  4. With that kind of wind you better watch out for flying houses...if you get blown away just click your heels together three times and make a wish to go home.

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    1. There's no place like home, there's no place like home. Right.

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  5. Wow.. guess that was not a good travel day, huh?

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    1. I'm still parked, but the people who left headed north had a battle on their hands.

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  6. I'll take 68 degrees any day over the 10 inches of snow we have had thus far today. Welcome to spring in Illinois!!!

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    1. Now you know why I don't stay around that part of the country until summer.

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  7. This is spring in the desert. Hot one day cold the next. When I woke up this morning it was 60 in the house. By noon I was thinking A/C.

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    1. It's bouncing around like a yoyo here. One day 100, next day 70. Makes it hard to adjust.

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