104 to 106 F ... OMG 😯 😯

...rocks too hot to touch.
Just imagine how they superheat the root surface of plants.

From the long-range, looks like the left half of NA is going to be hot all July.
After a rainy June many folks aren't yet acclimatized to summer.
Presto...summer is definitely here.

On a somber note, how very very sad about the loss of the 19 AZ firefighters.
Horrendous event.
How far from Yarrow are your friends living/your place?
Hope they're OK.

The Bayfield Bunch have photos of Yarrow before the fire.

Barb

EDIT: Tim, I'm sorry to derail your post...I thought it was Aaron's topic. disgust 😆

The loss of the 19 Firefighters in Arizona has hit close to home here, I am a full time Toronto firefighter and we are devastated at the loss of our brothers and sisters. God bless them and their families. R.I.P.

The loss of the 19 Firefighters in Arizona has hit close to home here, I am a full time Toronto firefighter and we are devastated at the loss of our brothers and sisters. God bless them and their families. R.I.P.

Sad, sad, sad...I feel for thier families. 😥

104 to 106 F ... OMG 😯 😯

The Bayfield Bunch have photos of Yarrow before the fire.

Barb

I seen it was over a 100f on the Canadian border today! How warm was it there today?

I wonder how the Bayfield Bunch felt with a fire so close by thier property. 🙁

How warm was it there today?

We hit 37.5C 99F on Tuesday afternoon.
I thought the blacktop was gonna melt. 😕

Bayfield Bunch felt with a fire so close by their property

He mentioned that in his blog, and happy that he had cleared overgrown brush around his house.

I am a full time Toronto firefighter and we are devastated at the loss of our brothers and sisters. God bless them and their families. R.I.P.

RJ, yeah, no argument there.
An acquaintance yesterday said that there are better ways to die.
I just hope they didn't suffer.
Take care in your job, RJ.

Barb

We hit 37.5C 99F on Tuesday afternoon.
I thought the blacktop was gonna melt. 😕

He mentioned that in his blog, and happy that he had cleared overgrown brush around his house.

Barb

That's hot! I would not want to go bare foot on that blacktop. 😯

I guess Boise Idaho had an official high of 110F yesterday, that's too hot for me!

PS. always glad when a house misses a fire. 😉

Bet the yuccas and cactus are loving it

Barb

I noticed today that my yuccas seem to be growing good now it has cool down a bit, I bet they stored all that energy from the real hot days! Looks like they are loving it! 😀

my yuccas seem to be growing good now it has cool down a bit

110 is cooled down? 😆 😆 😆
Just kidding.
Glad they're pushing ... still think mine are the slowest of our PN group this year.

Barefoot on the blacktop? never...even the dog goes around blacktop, staying on adjacent concrete.
Could feel the heat right through the soles of my shoes. 😕

I'll take some pics of my yuccas when they're (finally) in full bloom.
Gotta look at the ones in town too; last time I didn't even see a spear shooting up.

Enjoy your cooldown, Aaron.
We're dropping a few degrees tomorrow and Friday too, thank goodness.

Barb

OK so I didn't know castors reseeded the next year...Jesus God! i have a thousand plants at least...Mother of God, how did they survive this winter from hell????

castors reseeded the next year...Jesus God! i have a thousand plants at least

That'll be a bean forest. 😮

Since we were (last year) talking about flowering plants, here are a couple of shots from today:

Paul's Scarlet Hawthorne is spectacular this year:

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And my (ta da) many years ago Honeysuckle vine pruned into a standard is flowering nicely too.

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Here's the honeysuckle's gnarly trunk, which took years of pinching buds to train into something resembling a trunk with bark.
The old cat used to sharpen its claws, tearing the bark to shreds. Fortunately the tree outlived the cat.

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I think these are called bachelor buttons, with the little weeping larch behind it:

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The Trachy's flowers aren't open yet:

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And here's a shot of a poor wasp of some kind, being eaten by a spider on my Limequat:

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TA DA...DRUMROLL, for a real change of pace, here's H with our grandson, born Tuesday:

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Future gardener I hope!
Thanks for looking!
Barb

Beautiful! and congratulations on being a grandmother Barb!!

Thanks Mike!
Now grey hair is gonna be cool 😆

Barb

Thanks Mike!
Now grey hair is gonna be cool 😆

Barb

LOL

Very cool Barb!

Thanks Jim! 😀