tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post2074976180547120348..comments2024-02-25T13:25:26.434-08:00Comments on Owl's Farm: Been Hot So Long It Seems Like Cool To MeOwlfarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15373358232893937182noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-18738371111361435972011-08-13T15:18:59.459-07:002011-08-13T15:18:59.459-07:00Hiya,
'Only' 90, she says.
I can barely co...Hiya,<br />'Only' 90, she says.<br />I can barely cope with 70 :-)<br />Don't know how all of you manage.<br />So sad to see you dried veggies.jocohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08443120495036936430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-6346411960613122522011-08-12T12:07:21.188-07:002011-08-12T12:07:21.188-07:00Oh wow. And I thought we were dry here in New Mexi...Oh wow. And I thought we were dry here in New Mexico. Our monsoon season started off well, but we've had no rain for a week and all the little tidbits of grass are turning brown and some strange purple weed is sprouting up everywhere in the pastures. sigh.<br />That Texas heat would surely do me in, though. We are above 7,000 ft in the Central Mountains of New Mexico, so our temps are much cooler than most areas of the state.<br />I sure hope that sky delivers some rain to you there, but it looks rather indecisive. <br /><br />Hang in there,<br />~Lisa<br />Tijeras, NMLaughing Orca Ranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03562627840013868980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-89277129100472163392011-08-12T08:12:12.347-07:002011-08-12T08:12:12.347-07:00I feel for you folks where it's been so hot an...I feel for you folks where it's been so hot and dry. Hope the clouds produced some rain...or at least a cooling off spell.gtyyuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402170522183324256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-70394356428538985862011-08-12T06:04:18.446-07:002011-08-12T06:04:18.446-07:00Sorry about your plants, so sad to see them wilt!!...Sorry about your plants, so sad to see them wilt!!! I loved your blog, the pics are fascinating...<br />And its raining heavily here in Mumbai after a hot hot summer of 40 degrees of sweltering heat!!!<br />Have a glorious weekend:)Artihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606566484548310912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-33647263910666790372011-08-11T13:54:42.702-07:002011-08-11T13:54:42.702-07:00Atwood's book is one that comes to mind freque...Atwood's book is one that comes to mind frequently when I long for rain and lament the heat--as does Stephen Baxter's <i>Ark</i> and Sherri Tepper's <i>The Waters Rising</i> and Kim Stanley Robinson's trilogy about global warming. One reason I like SF so much is that it provides a ground for playing with possibilities--and yet leaves some room for hope that they never occur.Owlfarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373358232893937182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-75620507458430183212011-08-11T13:31:41.788-07:002011-08-11T13:31:41.788-07:00I'm reading Margaret Atwood's 'The Yea...I'm reading Margaret Atwood's 'The Year of the Flood' at present and it all chimes uncomfortably with current trends. <br />I hope the hot spell breaks - but not disastrously. <br />There's something wrong when people are dressed in warm clothes indoors and have to strip down to basics outdoors. What are we thinking - or are we thinking??jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-80495039573591681812011-08-11T13:20:01.072-07:002011-08-11T13:20:01.072-07:00Oh, dear, I did say Brautigan, didn't I? In th...Oh, dear, I did say Brautigan, didn't I? In this hot weather (which can conveniently be blamed for whatever is wrong with me) everything in my memory banks begins to merge with <i>Trout Fishing in America</i>.clairzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076402619649343527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-48636563934906997542011-08-11T13:08:46.352-07:002011-08-11T13:08:46.352-07:00I had to laugh, Clair because I, too, thought it w...I had to laugh, Clair because I, too, thought it was Brautigan's novel (I'd been reading both Farina and Brautigan at about the same time); it was only when I tried to look online to see if it was available that I discovered my mistake. Joan Baez wrote a song about Farina (her sister Mimi was married to him), "Sweet Sir Galahad." Mimi herself died of cancer in 2001.Owlfarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373358232893937182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-69940846014430487692011-08-11T12:50:50.115-07:002011-08-11T12:50:50.115-07:00This year it is your turn to bare the brunt of cli...This year it is your turn to bare the brunt of climate change, next year the burden may fall elsewhere.<br />We have had a relatively mild summer in California and my garden is the most productive ever while yours withers in the heat.<br />Since one of the hallmarks of climate change is the wild swings in weather, I suspect that many of those who are suffering in the heat this year, and who might begin to believe, will soon change their mind if next year they have a mild summer and the west coast suffers heat and drought.Martha Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15797951661712327698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-68718469235252538402011-08-11T12:16:14.857-07:002011-08-11T12:16:14.857-07:00P.S. I always loved the title of that Brautigan no...P.S. I always loved the title of that Brautigan novel. Can't remember if I read it, but will never forget the title.clairzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076402619649343527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-87330330494294213222011-08-11T12:15:25.538-07:002011-08-11T12:15:25.538-07:00Sad, sad, sad. I'm afraid to take pictures of ...Sad, sad, sad. I'm afraid to take pictures of my poor tomato plants, and I've spent time, just as you have, thinking about soil. I'm going to move the poor languishing roses to a newer, deeper dug bed. Soon. On cool(er) days like this one, it seems possible that I might want to dig again.<br /><br />I'm glad, however, that I had a chance to garden here last year with great success, or else I would think I was a failure as a gardener.clairzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076402619649343527noreply@blogger.com