It is summertime and the living is HOT!!! The past four days it has been over 103 degrees and there is a hot wind blowing in from the west and it has been 21 days since we have had rain {at least from my record}and everything is so very dry!! So we spend the days eating watermelon, swimming in the creek and watering the garden and corn patch twice a day and canning green beans, tomatoes and corn. Oh, and getting ready for our trip to Texas. The annual wagon train came through last weekend, but we had company for dinner {which was,lamb-burgers,grilled corn and watermelon} and Hannah and I were not able to ride in it like we usually do. Oh, well- maybe next year. :} The sweet corn is in full harvest now and canning season is at it's high with tomatoes coming in too. We had a great season for the first cutting of hay and were able to put up 150 bales so far. Hopefully we'll get some rain before too long so the second cutting will be good. We'll need to put up at least another 150 bales before winter. Well, I better go. Looks like supper is almost ready- chicken salad and root beer floats for tonight. It's too hot to cook!! Maybe after dinner we'll jump in the swimming hole and then watch a little of "The Alamo" and then maybe the air will cool down a bit by the time the moon comes up over the hill... Praying for rain, Cecilia PS: As a great Southerner,Tennessean, Patriot and buckskin clothed,politician-turned-hero once said "Y'all can go to... I'm going to Texas!"