It never fails that the fourth of July in California is a streaming hot holiday. 102 is predicted today, and if it's like the past few days it will indeed be stinking hot! So here's how we'll spend our fourth on the farm...
Pre-burning hot hours of the morning are spent: mowing the lawns, cleaning stalls and pastures, hosing down the barn, trimming dog toenails, washing manure stains off Tessy pony, making first batch of homemade peach ice cream (fruit from our trees), hosing down chairs around the campfire.
Full-blown sizzling afternoon hours will be spent: making second batch of ice cream (blackberries this time from the lane), trimming corn off the cob for roasted corn salad, watching recorded cooking competition shows ( the kids not me), running to get fireworks, turning the misters on for the animals.
Thankfully the tiny bit cooler evening hours will be spent: visiting with family and friends, BBQing, swimming, watching fireworks, sitting around the campfire, laughing, talking, playing, being generally happy to be an American!
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