Rain please

It is very hot here and it sounds like it is so most everywhere!  Day after day of this extreme heat with no relief in the forecast coupled with absolutely no rain makes for a grumpy farmer and his wife!  It was good timing to get a knee replaced because you absolutely don't want to be outdoors doing anything!

I watered our sweet corn this morning and this afternoon it appears to be dry as a bone again.  I don't think it helped one bit.  I water my garden daily but cucumbers and squash could care less.  They want to die and wilt no matter what I do.  I really love cukes so this makes me sad!  The tomatoes, peppers and green beans look good so that is something, I guess.  I believe grocery shopping will be even more expensive in the near future.  :-(

Mark is doing incredibly well with his new part.  He faithfully does his exercises twice a day and yesterday morning was his first meeting with the physical therapist.  She was amazed how well he is doing and with the extension and bending that he could do with that new knee.    She said there was no need to see her as often as they had scheduled so we cut out one day per week so now he will go on Tuesdays and Fridays instead of three times.  The goal is to get the knee at 0 degrees extension and 120 degrees bending and he is already at 0 and 118 six days after surgery.  Yay!  Next Monday he gets the staples out and she said he will be able to go even further after those are removed.

We are getting a little bored just sitting around here, even in the AC.  I can see a shopping trip somewhere in our my near future, just to get up and out of the house!  I need absolutely nothing but sure I can come home with something that cheers me up.  :-)

Some random pics in closing....

Mark feeling happy before surgery....must have been the drugs!

Taking a snooze while icing his new knee

Our lawns looking really streesed!

Same lawns in May looking much happier.