Too Hot

Last week was cool enough to run all the dogs except the retirees, but this week has been blazing hot. Last night I waited until dark, and it was still above 70 degrees! Not normal here. Some of the new trees have dropped their leaves from the heat and continuous, dessicating winds. I think they are dead. Missing even one day of watering can be fatal. Tonight I went to a talk on fire ecology and climate changes, and it was very clear from the graphs and charts that we have entered a hotter, dryer epoch.