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PHOTO-A-DAY CHALLENGE
Turning Up the Heat This Week
Documenting life, one photo at a time. Year 2, Week 2
Like most La Nina weather years, summer has come slowly to the PNW in fits and starts. I am not a creature built for extreme heat, and the heat begins to feel extreme as we approach 80 F. I suffered heat exhaustion last summer, and now I seem more prone to feeling awful when it gets too hot.
Not a great thing to deal with on a swiftly heating planet!
Fortunately, lots of water and cooling breaks helps. Plus, summer is still my favorite time of year, so although the heat will slow me down it can’t stop me completely!
Sunday was supposed to be a cooler day in the low 70s, so I finished putting in the raised beds and applying the mulch. By the end of the day, I had found places for most of the strawberry and berry bushes. There are still two strawberries and a red currant I need to figure out a new home for…
Much warmer today -- 75! Still survivable, at least. Which is good, because I have a nursery shift and a client visit today.
