What is your weather like ... today

[j.w]

Cloudy again and 63* right now. No rain here and supposed to start warming up w/ sunshine again soon. Does feel like fall today and had to wear a jacket on my long walk. I've got a vine maple out in the back of our property and it's leaves turn red in the fall and it's getting there already. It's quite pretty tho.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Ididntdoit99, Boxers are funny dogs, nice and gentle too, but they can't swim to well, as you already know, they don't have the webbed paws like others that do swim well, but it's good for them to play and cool off in the water. They tend to sink in the water. My sister used to have a boxer many years ago, and they are very nice dogs and it's too bad about the lake being drained, hope the kids are found soon alive, and all ends well. It's another scotching hot day here, had a very small shower this morning, but now it's breezy here and 89 degrees in the shade.

 

[brandonsdad02]

They are now thinking the kids were kidnapped now. They searched the lake using special sonar and didn't find the girls. Thank god they weren't in the lake but I fear what is happening to them. Just want them returned. I know one of the girls parents are in trouble for manufacturing meth. Something that I have thought was possibly a promise to deliver some drugs which didn't happen cuz he got caught so they kidnapped his kid for ransom.

 

[callingcolleen1]

That's terrible! But maybe then the girls are still at least alive and maybe the police have a good lead. Hopefully they will find out who took them soon! This Meth thing is just crazy! People are using it everywhere and anywhere, I got a theory on why so many people fall victim to these types of drugs, it's our brain, which is mostly saturated fat, and I read that the human brain is shrinking in people in north America. Here in north America we also eat the most amount of low fat, no fat, and fake fat, (yes there is fake fat!) and we are the sickest and most overweight, but thats another long topic. Going to take puppies to the river, now that is starting to cool off a bit.

 

[callingcolleen1]

JW that tree is very nice, adds color to the garden this time of year, good contrast to the green, I need something red and small for my front yard, like maybe one day I will plant a burning bush or something like that.

 

[ididntdoit99]

They are now thinking the kids were kidnapped now. They searched the lake using special sonar and didn't find the girls. Thank god they weren't in the lake but I fear what is happening to them. Just want them returned. I know one of the girls parents are in trouble for manufacturing meth. Something that I have thought was possibly a promise to deliver some drugs which didn't happen cuz he got caught so they kidnapped his kid for ransom.

Yes, its a sad story that I am losing interest in very fast, I want the girls to be found, but I dont care to even read the stories on the news or the rumors floating around on facebook anymore. I know the one set of parents (who actually had custody of both kids, because of the other parents legal problems) and they are good people. The other parents have done some things to make you think maybe they did take thier own kid, or know who did, but I'll let the authories figure that out, and in the meantime try not to judge.

Last I read, the FBI said they had some evidence (of course for some reason they can't say what it is) that the girls were alive. Of course that was 4 days ago, and they have said nothing since that i know of, or have they found the girls. Im not sure what kind of evidence tells you they are alive, but cannot help you find them, and you can't talk about what it is?

 

[callingcolleen1]

Its quite cool here this morning, only 57 or so degrees, and I going to a pancake breakfast with my Mom this morning, so I hope it warms up fast so she not to cold. It's our stampede week and everybody is having free pancake breakfasts all week. Do you guys in your towns have stampede week and cowboy rodeos too?

 

[CountryEscape]

Same ole same ole here in South Central IL ... HOT HOT HOT. Was 103 on my way home from work at 5. Supposed to be hotter tomorrow and then maybe cooler (only mid 90's Woohoo!) by weekend.
Here's a picture of southern Illinois this past weekend. I went riding and camping in Shawnee. This is a picture of the leaves that were covering the trails in some places, like it was October! Unbelievable. Lots of trees are dropping all their leaves. I'm assuming they are simply going dormant, but we won't know how many will die from this drought until next year.

And, this is me and my "ride" for Saturday! I rode my friend's mule to see if I would like being lower to the ground, as she is about 8" shorter than my Fox Trotter mare (in the second picture). I loved it! I've always wanted a mule, so now I will have one ... someday.

Corn by me is being mowed down, the farmers are leaving enough rows, about 6-10 or so, so the insurance adjuster can look at the damage from the drought. A dairy farmer chopped some of his field corn for silage, but left his silage corn ... not sure, except the silage corn is still very green and has ears on it, so maybe he thinks it may make more corn than the regular corn. On my drive to Southern IL this past weekend, I saw the best corn probably in the state, and then less than 10 miles, corn that was no more than 5' tall, tassled, no ears, brown and mostly dead. No helping that now. :-( Hope that most farmers had insurance. But, it's going to impact all of us this winter. Farmers around the corn belt won't be able to feed their livestock, so it will be sold, and prices on meat and staples (bread, cereal, etc.) will be sky high. And, do you think if next year is a bumper crop those prices will go back down? Heck no.

 

[j.w]

Neat pix of you on the mule CE!
Horrible about the corn problem and we are sure gonna feel it.

 

[brandonsdad02]

We are currently at 106*. We have a cold front coming thru tonight with a chance of rain. Tomorrow we are supposed to get up to 93* and 87* on friday. You know its been a horrible summer when the weather man considers 93* a cool down. I'm pretty much numb to the heat now. It all feels the same..HOT

 

[icsd71]

104 also waiting for the cold front to come through and hoping we get some of the rain that is coming with it! Will be praying we get it...

 

[ididntdoit99]

the picture speaks for itself

 

[brandonsdad02]

Our home weather station had the high for today at 108*. The unit outside is on the under side of the deck railing in the shade all day. I don't care what the weather man says, it was a hot one today.

 

[j.w]

Nice pleasant warm, not too hot day here and it's 73* right now and sunshine and I'm lovin it! Going fishing tomorrow in the rubber boat. Roll out the those lazy, hazy, crazy days of Summer :glassesy:

 

[CountryEscape]

I posted a "Dear Mother Nature" on my Facebook page, begging her to please allow the rains to hit the midwest this time, not pass us by. I am hopeful, as the 40% chance runs from 9 am til 5 pm and then 30% til midnight. We sure need some moisture, and if it rains all day long, the better. It was 92 degrees at 9 pm this evening, and 103 when I got home at 5:30. Yep, just one word for all of this ... HOT! And, I agree, Ryan, it's pretty back with it's cooling off to mid 90's! I'm heading NW Illinois this weekend with my Boston Terrier puppies, try to sell them there at a puppy sale. My friend said, "Don't worry, going to be much cooler, only 93."