Illusion of cool space

Illusion of cool space
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Yesterday, hotter than hell, I wrote a long entry about the current state of my garden when we had a most abrupt and long lasting power outage...threw my whole watering schedule off since none of the drippers went on time, and if they did, there was no water going thru the lines.
today at 4:21 it is only 103o, better than yesterday's reported 110o, but really you get over 100 and it is just miserable combined with the high humidity down here by the creek and the pervasive stench of the blue green algae which is going nowhere now as the dam is closed.
Really, gardening and life on the creek can be a challenge. I haven't written for more than a week as my dog had an accident and has been suffering and pretty immobile though she seems to be on the mend now. Hard to tell with an 111/2 year old 88 lb dog...in this heat she isn't moving much, but still eats and drinks with gusto.
The garden is mostly a matter of watering, deadheading, pruning back stuff and trying to find morning cool time to do it in. This heat is just deadly for working out there...Later in the evenings works but I am not always home then. Makes me wonder what I am thinking of to more than double the size of my yard, but that is another blog that will start up in one week.
Current status of plants:
Veggies: Cukes are growing fruit as are tomatoes but nothing ripe yet. I have one eggplant, long asian, and one padron pepper. NOTHING on the zucchini...still no female flowers on any of the plants. The Brandywine has finally set some tiny fruit and my sweet 100s are starting to be ready to eat.
Fruit...a good crop on the Bartlett pear tree, lots of figs, ate my first two this morning in the yard, and lots and lots of grapes are starting to get color. I learned last year to wait a long time to eat those purple ones, they just get sweeter and sweeter...so delicious.
Flowers: Roses, are doing great, esp. the icebergs...ha ha. Dahlias are huge but not lasting in this blistering heat, Canna's are coming along in different places, and my zinnias while huge water hogs are looking good.
It is actually too hot to sit here and do this...I am just out of range of the ceiling fan and am going back under it. The notebook comp. would be too hot to handle on my lap, so ending this post.