We were somewhere in the negative numbers this morning but not sure what the actual temperature was. Downtown Murphy was 4 degrees at 6:30 AM. Our thermometer falsely read -17. We're usually about 5 degrees lower than downtown. I think our thermometer went into a state of shock. Yesterday my birdbath de-icer arrived from Dr. Foster online and kept the bathwater from freezing all night. The birds thanked us this morning as they gathered around the water and didn't bang their little beaks on a solid block of ice. I don't know how people choose to live in a frigid tundra for 6-7 months. It's so confining and all a body wants to do is eat and build up layers of fat cells and lather on whale blubber to keep warm and keep the skin from cracking. We were thrilled to feel the sunshine bring the temperature up to low 40's by 3 PM. Friday should be low 50's and Saturday may reach 57. Dig out the capris!
Happy Summer Solstice! It was a beautiful start to this day. The typical mountain fog had settled in when I got up at 6:30 but burned off shortly after. I always go outside when I first get up, scan for wildlife, and walk around soaking in the morning peace and calm. Did about 20 minutes of stretchy yoga, showered and had a light breakfast of cream of buckwheat with ghee-fried peaches. I still felt a little full from eating Italian food with Janice last night. We go out at 4:30 and take our time eating and talking, have a glass of wine and Friday night is dessert night. Janice is doing better. It'll be a year in August since she lost Ernie. I left the breakfast dishes in the sink and headed to our Murphy Farmers Market. First stop was "Healing Ways" produce farmers for fresh Swiss chard, butter crunch lettuce, and a bunch of young summer squash and zucchini since all of mine are falling off the plants....
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