Please be careful in this hot time of year and stay hydrated and
maybe out of the heat as much as possible. I read somewhere
a combination of temperature + humidity % that equals 150
or more is stressful on the body. Parts of Tennessee for the past
few days have been above 105'F. Tragically 2 children, brothers
5 and 2 died of heat related illness, when left to play outside
unattended on a slip and slide top for about 45 minutes near Cleveland,
TN. The thought of these children dying and the anguish of all that
knew them, haunts me. The heat is hardest on the very young and
elderly and many of us are not spring chickens. I get carried away
with gardening chores I love and give little thought of the consequences;
but this latest tragedy has me rethinking the importance of some
chores until early morning or late evening.