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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists' Harvest Ball September 21-23, 2012 [View all]Tansy_Gold
(17,855 posts)5. Today's official high was 97
but the back porch thermometer read 106 at 2:00 p.m.
Tomorrow's high forecasted to be 104, Sunday cooling down to 102.
In the early 1980s, when I was suffering through bitter winters and sticky summers in Indiana and longing to move to Arizona, I swore I would never complain about the heat.
I take notice of it, but I do not complain about it. Haven't for 27 years.
A friend brought chocolate chip cookies to coffee this morning, cookies made with 1/3 mesquite flour milled from the beans from her own tree. That's a happy harvest!
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