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Sunday, June 29, 2025

Stormy


There was another overnight storm along with a tornado warning. The weather has been volatile this past week. High temperatures with very high humidity will do that. In my elder years I have become extremely heat intolerant. I use extremely because it really is. I am now, with our weather change and my age, a complete winter gal. It does keep the cats quiet, so there is that. My spirit has been willing to work outside, my limited common sense has told me nope.

Gatto does not care what I do as long as he can sleep undisturbed. He does have some grey cells up there.


Yesterday Far Side mention she made potato salad, which then made me want potato salad. This is slightly different from the standard, made with tarragon and vinegar, as well as mayonnaise. No egg. There is enough left for lunch. I have some burgers I made then froze that will accompany the potato salad. A summertime meal if ever there was one.

10 comments:

nick said...

I'm not very tolerant of heat either. Luckily the temperature here in NI seldom exceeds 20C. I was in Sydney once when the temperature hit 40C. It was unbearable.

Boud said...

I have never been good with heat, my northern UK heritage geared to damp cold. Now even less so. I do manage to cook still.

Sandra said...

We always got more hot temperatures in July and August, nick. But not generally prolonged and definitely not this tropical humidity. It would get humid but this stuff is miserable.

Sandra said...

I'm used to dry cold, Boud. Damp cold goes right to the bones!

Rita said...

I do remember being a little more tolerant of the heat when I was little but that may have been because we had no choice. Nobody had AC in their homes in the Minneapolis suburbs back then. I do remember bowls of ice placed in front of fans and sleeping on the cement floor in the basement to cool off and running through the sprinkler...so I wasn't ever a heat lover. As a treat on a hot night my dad would take us all to A&W for root beer in the frozen mugs with the handles. I remember us kids rubbing the mugs all over our cheeks to cool off. How did we ever survive without AC. I guess that was how. ;)

Miss Merry said...

I have never met a potato salad I didn't like :) - I usually make macaroni salad because macaroni is a pantry staple. I am going to put potatoes on my grocery list.

Lori Skoog said...

I am definately a fan of potato salad and make it several different ways. You know I would love anything you prepare. As for heat...summer is no longer my favorite season. That series of 90+ days with high humidity kept me in the house much more than usual. Felt sorry for the horses. Tonight, I am very unhappy with the latest news.

Val Ewing said...

Yum. I want potato salad and cold foods for hot nights and days.
I found that I can tolerate the heat and humidity as long as I don't spend a lot of time in the sunlight. If I can work in the shade or in the forest, it can almost be tolerable. I get soaked through with sweat. Oh wait, women don't sweat, we Glisten.

I will have a lot of work to do after todays storm.

Far Side of Fifty said...

I am having potato salad for lunch for a few days…it says Summer to me, I shared with Maddie and Noah too. I use Miracle Whip, Mustard,vinegar,a little sugar ,salt, pepper and then thin it with half and half for my goop! I want to be a cat!

CheerfulMonk said...

Summer is not my favorite season either, so I commiserate. Please take it easy.