Every week NOAA says that “next week” will be cooler and then as next week approaches…NOT!

It is not as hot as it had been, but it is still 10-15 degrees above normal for the 2nd week of September in Northwest Montana!

Some time ago, I stopped watering the grass… I noticed that the yellow jackets gravitated toward water sources so I decided to dry things up and see if that helped.

I brought in the herbie watering can, the boys’ water bowl (the boys were not out anyway), and shut down the sprinklers.

The good news is I haven’t had to mow!! I think I mowed 4 times before shutting things down. Oh, well.

The bad news is that it didn’t help the yellow jacket situation AND I lost my cilantro on Beardog Hill – not a show stopper for this summer.

Today, the high was 76F at my house…and an abundance of sun and blue sky.

Not horrible but it should be 66F!

But, Bear and I got outside a bit more than we have been.

Still…we got hot… and the yellow jackets – Bear likes them about as much as I do.

Inside sounded like a good idea.

NOAA…and Fall…Promises, promises!