Shore Bird

Fresh fig and walnut scones with fresh purple figs scattered according the top.

Blueberry Galette

Our camping buddies from Baton Rouge are flying in so I made Fresh Fig and Walnut Scones and a Blueberry Galette. 🍜 🍽

With her lipstick on! 🤎🤎

Climate change strikes again. The same is happening up here on Cape Cod and to Plum Island. There was plenty of barrier beach when they were built but it's being washed away.

The darker it is the worse it is. Here is the key they provide on the map.

That's so very kind of you. Thank you!

Sure! Thanks!

There's a tiny bit of northeast MA in Level 1 drought. And there I sit.

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Washington into Canada. All of the park up there.

This is Thursdays drought map for New England.

I read an article that said parts of the west may never recover from drought. But I hear coal is coming back. 🙄
Vancouver Islands sounds wonderful! I'm looking at the PNW and Newfoundland for 2026.

We've been out of drought exactly 3 weeks since May, 2024. The bigger issue is that the water table and underground springs haven't had adequate time to recover. Foliage will be a crap shoot this fall. We were wet until early May.

Her exact words, "if you tell me that your doctor said to get vaccinated, then I vaccinate you. It's not my job to question your doctor. You're doctor recommended that for a reason."

Hi Scott, nice to "see" you this morning! No rain to speak of. We are in drought, again. Most towns have water bans in effect. Every summer.
Ocean water temp this morning was 68°. In the north Atlantic. Matched the air temp! Hope all is well with you!

People with Certain Medical Conditions and COVID-19 Risk Factors Get information about the risk factors of COVID-19 for the general public.

Link to CDC. You'll need to scroll down. Physical Inactivity covers 90% of Americans.
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Regarding our conversation - I'll link the part of the CDC website that lists qualifying conditions. I asked the pharmacist at CVS (just to check) if they would be requiring proof. She said "absolutely not".

We go into drought every summer. My house is 100% on well water, so I reuse what I can.

Yikes!

So, so beautiful and peaceful.

I'm one of those people who would ask him about it. 😆

I use it to water my indoor and out door plants. Even the shrubs. I collect the gray water from my kitchen sink, as well and use it for outdoor watering. My neighbor actually had a gray water system installed for outdoor watering. I want one.

You're speaking my niece's language. She loves goats! She also has a Shetland pony who is the sweetest, little guy.

That's cooler than we are! The wind has picked up. Now the temp needs to drop.

These beauties belong to my niece. There is one more but she's camera shy.

I'm reaching out to the Chair of the committee tomorrow to request time at the next meeting. Thank you for posting this, Erin. You've got me thinking.

Beautiful dinner and a nice wine to accompany it.

I usually attend school committee meetings. I'm going to ask if anyone has kept track of heat related illness.

But nothing changes. Hydration is important but it's not enough.

I don't think most parents realize how out of touch most school districts are. Up here, I doubt that anyone has even given thought to this. Every year there is at least one child making the news because they have collapsed on the field due to heat.

There really is! Im also partial to Saturday night games.