July 8, 2012 Breaking the Six Mile Barrier

The heat wave continues. Certainly you could cook eggs on the sidewalk, but walking at daylight is good.  Boofa and I walked 8 miles today by doubling back on the rail trail.  We saw another rabbit, a smaller brown one that hopped to and fro and ran into the bushes.  The great elk horn shaped clusters of sumac are blooming red and brown.  Driving home, I saw men in their wife-beater undershirts sitting on porches drinking giant glasses of iced tea. Late in the day, the thunder rumbled and only a few drops fell.  I am nursing along some spouts of lemon grass I bought from the farmer's market.  I am not sure how to grow them, but I chop them up and stir fry a teaspoon full with the onions and veggies in a rice stir fry.  Tuesday, the heat is supposed to break.  So say the weathermen.