Senility and HOT flashes... am I THAT old?!

I overslept this AM... it was kind of nice. I spent a good part of the wee hours cutting out copies of the proposed pictures for my collage project. I have cut copies down to 8" X 8" size to get an idea of what it might look like and which will look best in my living room. This is pic number 10... and since I only have 9 openings, you can see I have some decisions to make. I think I have about 15 that I have narrowed it down to...

Our service today at church was very difficult. The new pastor did a fantastic job, but people were so emotional. It's a very sad thing. I will be attending a Memorial Service locally tomorrow evening. Thanks to those who have offered thoughtful sentiments regarding this very sad and difficult situation.

Onto the weather... We had some torrential rain last week, and even expereienced some moments of white out from the rain. I had forgotten that I took this until I was looking for a flower pic. Senililty at such a young age... I also took some pics of the sky coming home... a few days back. Man, I am really slacking these days. Forgot all about that too... We had nothing today except a whole lot of haze. Yesterday, it was also fairly hazy, while I was enjoying the tax free shopping days, so much that I was able to see the sun without any problem, a big orange ball of fire in the sky, and I was able to look right at it, probably shouldn't have, but I am pretty bad at following the rules at times (shhh, don't tell anyone)... It really was beautiful, and I promise that I didn't look for too terribly long.

Now, looking at local weather in the short/long term... looks like less convection than would be expected for this time of year... shaking my head... and that spreads into the near future as (surprise, surprise) looks like the ridge will be choking the life out any possible precipitation for at least the first half of the week. The second half should bring things back to how they should be. As for temps... quoting Bryan's HWO:

TEMPERATURES AWAY FROM THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S FOR MANY LOCATIONS. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VERY WARM TO HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S WILL BE COMMON AWAY FROM THE COAST EACH AFTERNOON WITH A FEW LOCATIONS POSSIBLY REACHING THE CENTURY MARK. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

Welcome to the south... speaking of hot weather, I have been waiting for the sun to start to set for me to mow the lawn. I guess that means it's time. Off to sweat to death...

Toodles,
~Dewdrop