C-c-c-cold

We’re coming up on the first day of summer, and the weather around here has been nothing short of c-c-c-cold.

As I write this (5:30 am), it’s 39F outside. Or is it 38F? You decide.

Yesterday and the day before, it was so chilly we lit the woodstove. In June. And boy did it feel good.

With daytime temperatures topping out at 49F, can you blame us?

Couple this scenery with a high wind, and you’ll get a better (colder) picture.

The barn cat has been spending a lot of time in his cozy cat box in the shop.

Even the robins look chilly.

The garden isn’t too happy. Despite all the peppy suggestions that certain seeds shouldn’t be planted “until soil temps reach 70F” or whatever, I can’t wait until late June for that to happen.

We have a couple warm days coming up this week, but the temperature swings are all over the place. I mean, look at the graph below. Between today and tomorrow, we’ll climb 20 degrees. Between Friday and Saturday, we’ll drop 20 degrees.

It just goes to show ya, you never know how a season will unfold. Life on a homestead. Roll with the punches.