[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

For heat and humidity, I offer a competitor:

What is interesting is we hit 100 in April. We haven't since then. Though we still have the rest of July to get through. (It'll be awful close today, but probably won't make it - but the humidity will be a killer. The heat index will be higher, probably, than Death Valley - I'll have to compare later.)

[Miss Marple]

My sister thinks that the seasons are shifting. In other words, we get warmer weather earlier in the summer, but fall also comes earlier as well.

I hadn't paid much attention until this week. Besides the early onset of the Japanese beetles, I heard cicadas, which normally don't appear until August. Cicadas (known by some around here as the "back to school bugs") traditionally have indicated about 6 weeks until frost.

[Holding Our Breath]

Yes, when I reported yesterday that today's high would hit 100, I was mistaken. The news I had reflected the heat index which should top 100!

Maybe I could use the heat as an excuse for my flower beds looking the way they do....nay, Molly and Janey make that impossible!

Heard some of what the "tree" sprouted yesterday and it was complete garbage. At that point I left for some reason; couldn't stand to continue the torture. I guess I'm not very strong. sob, sob