{chortle!} If you were watching this space, you’ll recall that earlier this morning I was bellyaching about the heat.
THAT WAS NOTHING!!!
Yeah. As we scribble — at 1:23 in the afternoon — it is ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DEGREES IN THE SHADE OF THE SHELTERED BACK PORCH!!!!!
Noooo kidding! 111º in the shade!
Garden spot, eh?
Let’s see what our favorite weather site, Wunderground, has to say about that…..
Hmmmm…. Our thermometer understates! Wunderground says we’re enjoying 114 degrees, with 116 forecast!
Eek, I say to that…eeeeek!
This is expected to go on for SEVERAL DAYS, with extreme heat forecast all over the Southwest. Holeee doggerel!
Well. So much for my proposed afternoon stroll! Silly of me, eh?
It also will cancel Ruby’s evening stroll. Even after dark, the superheated pavement will burn her little feet.
It may be OK to take her out as dawn cracks tomorrow morning. But pretty clearly she ain’t goin’ out at any other time.
Jayzuz! Highs of 115 degrees (Yes! you read that right: a hundred and fifteen!) are supposed to go on through the weekend.
Horrors! What a place!
Truth to tell, I don’t remember it ever getting this hot when we lived in Saudi Arabia — which was a certifiable hell-hole. Right now, as a matter of fact, it’s only 93 there.
Gawdlmighty, I do hate Arizona. Thank you, Daddy, for dragging me to your retirement paradise…you chucklehead! I should move away from here…but probably won’t, because I’m not leaving my son behind. As long as M’hijito is here, I’ll be baking here, too.
Welp…about all we can do right now is stay indoors and hope to God the air-conditioner holds up!