Unlike the wicked witch of the west, this afternoon I would have welcomed someone dumping a bucket of water on me. I know I'm not alone in suffering from the intense heat as this oppressive spate of boiling weather has struck the east coast. Thank goodness I am fortunate enough to afford air conditioning at home and that my ECU office is also cooled by AC. Today when Terry, Paul, and I rode out to Rainbow Meadow Farms in Snow Hill, North Carolina it was 101 degrees. We roasted as we waited for Jenelle to fill our order. We stood outside her parents' house as Jenelle made her way to the next building over where the meat locker is housed. As we waited, the sweat dripped down my back, down my front, and down my brow. I'm not a sweaty person so this is saying something. It was disappointing that the pork loins weren't going to be delivered until tomorrow, but we did get pork chops, chicken, eggs, and bacon. On our way home we stopped at Renston Farms and bought a bit of produce. As always, the money box was on the counter next to the scale; we weighed and paid for our purchases as Mr. McLawhorn was nowhere in sight. Call me a sap, but I just love the honor system. I bought the first peaches of the season. They are small but dead ripe. I'm saving them for breakfast. I'll slice them up and drizzle a bit of cream over them. Isn't it wonderful to have good wholesome flavorful food that is locally raised and far more inexpensive than the grocery store?
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Color me insanely jealous of the peaches! The are, without a doubt, my most favorite summer fruit. Ahhhhh. The juice dribbling down your arm as you eat them. Good stuff, that. :o)
I hope the heat broke for you as well. It was only a mild 89 today. Who would have thought I would have been grateful for that lol.
I swear I will be paying out the wazoo for air conditioning for just this week, because I couldnt even turn it off since Sunday. Usually I at least turn it DOWN while I am not home, but I have a cat to think about. I think he can deal with it when the apartment gets to 85 degrees, he just goes and hangs out in the bathtub.
But the past 5 days I have been leaving it on full throttle 24/7.
And fresh fruit! My company is SO awesome, they fill fruit baskets at each pantry EVERY morning. I am usually in on time to get the good stuff. Apples are always left over lol. I guess I am not the only one on my section of my floor with veneers.
I hope you are enjoying!
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