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Marthe48

(23,799 posts)
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 03:07 PM 14 hrs ago

I went shopping

If you go out, pace yourself! It's 94 here, with a heat index of 104. I needed a few things to get through the weekend, or I wouldn't have gone out. Whew!

I put food and water out this morning to help the critters get through the day. I'm determined to help them through this heat. My daughter has some box turtles living in her yard. She saw one yesterday on the feral cat's food dish, eating any scraps the cat left. She chopped a little slice of peach into bits and put fresh water in one of her shallow water dishes. She put most of the pieces of the peach on the plate and the turtle scarfed it down. She had one more piece in her fingers, and the turtle came toward her, looking for more. It still had a bit in her mouth, but gladly took that last piece. It headed for the peonies. When my daughter put the water dish down among the leaves, the turtle stuck the lower part of her head in the dish and got a big gulp. Such a sweet story.





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I went shopping (Original Post) Marthe48 14 hrs ago OP
I swear it's 103 here bucolic_frolic 14 hrs ago #1
Nothing was stirring when I got home. Marthe48 12 hrs ago #2

bucolic_frolic

(56,407 posts)
1. I swear it's 103 here
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 03:23 PM
14 hrs ago

The thermoms say 103 and I checked them against the basement thermom this morning. That's degrees, not heat index.

I'm baking fish for dinner, put the fish and veggies in a little water, covered the pot, and put them outside at 2 o'clock' Grabbing some free BTU's.

There a large bird off in the woods squawking, I need to go investigate but do fear the ticks.

My string beans are likely toast.

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