And the beat goes on ….. still

  

Really, we are having the weirdest weather this year.  Subarctic temperatures in February –

OK – not that subarctic but pretty damn cold.  And before you say – “Well it was FEBRUARY after all”.  Here in this part of the universe, we’re usually having spring in February and summer starts in March!  

However, we actually had spring starting in March – cool temps, nice days, rain (you know - showers and flowers).  I put this in the “weird weather” category because we don’t usually have three months of spring.  We don’t usually have 3 weeks of spring.

And then in June, we jumped to high summer where the temps were in the upper nineties and the humidity was about the same.  Do not think for an instant the above picture represents anything cool or coolish.  Feels like walking outside with a hot wet blanket covering you head to toe.

And, now in July – entering what should be high summer, it’s down in the 80’s.

I’m telling you - weird weather.

Oh, and we’ve had rain.  And, while it seems to us that we’ve had a lot of rain, on average Wharton receives 40-odd inches of rain a year (according to TAMU rain history) and we’re right on track to average.

Just so you know how to celebrate in July –

This is Air Conditioning Appreciation Month.  And, I think everyone across the universe (specially lately) has gone through some days, weeks, months (years) when they are appreciative for the AC!

In 1902, Willis Haviland Carrier invented what we now know as modern air conditioning. Carrier was trying to find a way to control humidity within a printing plant in Brooklyn, NY. He discovered that when air passed over water-filled coils, it cooled off. It was only later that Carrier’s air-cooling devices began to be used in a residential application.

Things to do in celebration?  Well, you can check your AC filter and change it if needs be.  Woohoo!

It’s also National Blueberry Month.  And, yum! one of my favorite fruits. 

Native Americans were using wild blueberries for medicinal as well as for the flavor for an incredibly long time. However, the blueberries we get in the supermarket are the result of one person’s long commitment to cultivating blueberries. Elizabeth White, the daughter of a cranberry farmer in New Jersey, wanted to expand her family’s business with other crops, particularly blueberries. While studying at Drexel University in Philadelphia, her main interest centered around figuring out how to grow the best blueberries. She eventually partnered with botanist Frederick Coville to cultivate blueberries at her farm. Before these efforts, blueberries could not be grown on any farm — the only way to have them fresh was to pick them in the wild. Now, blueberries are available in 35 U.S. states (and TX is one – yay!!) and some other regions around the world.

Blueberries can help heart health, bone strength, skin health, blood pressure, diabetes management, cancer prevention, and mental health.  One cup of blueberries provides 24 percent of a person recommended daily allowance of vitamin C.  Plus (and I really like this one) eating a blueberry tart, pie, muffin etc, will help protect you from evil and/or psychic attack.  (Hey! you never know what works!)

Things to do to celebrate?  Fresh blueberries on your breakfast cereal, oatmeal, pancakes, French toast.  Then, blueberry muffins with lunch.  And, top the day off with blueberry tarts for dessert. 

And, I just couldn’t resist this one –

Today is . . .

National No Bra Day!

Boobies are Fantastic… We all think so. And what better way to express the way we feel than to support a full day of boobie freedom??  Women are magnificent creatures, and so are their breasts. Let us spend the day unleashing boobies from their boobie zoos.  Ladies, free your breasts for 24 hours by removing those dreadful (but at times oh-so-helpful) bras. Our perkiness should not be hidden. It is time that the world see what we were blessed with. Your breasts might be colossal, adorable, miniature, full, jiggly, fancy, sensitive, bouncy, smooth, tender, still blossoming, rosy, plump, fun, silky, Jello-like, fierce, jolly, nice, naughty, cuddly, saggy… but the most used word to describe your breasts on July 9th should be FREE!

It made me laugh.  Pretty sure the message above tells you what to do to celebrate today – be free!

Guess that’s about all.  It’s been raining all week and is going to continue for several more days so nada going on outside other than wet everything. 

9 Jul 2021