Our son (currently living in Eloy about 20 miles south here) called us last night warning us to batten down the hatches because a BIG storm was headed our way. They had high winds that knocked out power again and heavy heavy rain. We did as instructed but..........no storm came our way. The weather here is really weird. When they say "isolated" storms, they really mean it. There are small cells that travel randomly and quickly.
Julie Wolf captured the threatening sky but we didn't get the fury of the storm. (Thank goodness). We don't have the whole mess from the last one cleaned up yet.
Oasis is getting trimmed today.
One man sorts the branches turning them all in one direction for easier clean up.
Then another truck and crew follow to pick up the piles.
We're getting tired of this HOT weather. Still no relief in sight. It is, however, nice to see the lows in the 80s so we can still have coffee out on our dusty patio in the mornings. 😅
Another feature of this heat is our water temperature coming from our indoor faucets. We experimented yesterday with our thermometer. Turned on the COLD water faucet and measured the temperature of the water. It was 110.4 straight from the faucet. There's not much need for a hot water heater in the summer.
This heat and lack of rain is really hard on landscaping...........especially any kind of fruit tree. They are all very stressed. This is typical of all the trees even when they are getting irrigated. Don't have high expectations for a bumper crop when you return. Poor leaves are getting parched from the sun.
Sorry if this sounds like a gloomy post today. I'll try to do better soon. 😏
