June 1st, 102 on my thermometer!! I expect it’s a little higher than what will be the actual high for the day, however it’s still quite hot out.
June 3, 2023 was a Full Strawberry Moon, however it was cold and cloudy so I didn’t get a picture. The temperature had dropped from 93° on the first to 63° on the third. I love my Maine weather. I did get a few Strawberry Moon pictures way back in 2019.
An old folklore says, ‘a dry May, a leaky (rainy) June.’ As I remember, May was quite dry. This rainy afternoon was the eighth day in a row of rain.
For my temperature squares, I was caught up with May. Yeahhh!! I don’t like getting too far behind because I think I’ll loose interest. Today 1 lined up three squares and trimmed off the dog ears.
Some trims.
An old folklore says, ‘When it is hottest in June, it will be coldest in the corresponding days of the next February.’ I’ll try to remember to check this out come February. Do you suppose that folklore suggests that I’ll be making another temperature quilt?!!
Flowers also predict the weather.
The common daisy will close its petals as rain approaches and not allow a single drop in; sometimes the petals will even droop downwards. When the weather if fair, however, they’ll keep their petals open. This happens because the upper surface of the petal grows faster at higher temperatures than the lower surface of the petals. Rain cools the temperatures, which encourages the underside to grow faster, and making the petals close up. The same thing happens at nighttime.
Matthew 16:3 He replied, “You are good at reading the weather signs of the skies—red sky tonight means fair weather tomorrow; red sky in the morning means foul weather all day—but you can’t read the obvious signs of the times!
Flag Day and Father’s Day came and went. Both were rainy, chilly and dreary. So cold that the furnace kicked in.
The first day of summer came with the sun and temperatures in the mid-eighties.
Finally, not a cloud in the sky!!
Despite all the rain, my lupine that Ash dug up for me, was multiplying.
My lilies were also coming out.
My one row plow took a beating last winter. My wildflowers are growing like weeds!! They desperately needed the heat. This day it was 85°. My lone strawberry, I probably won’t have enough to make jam this year.
I don’t know what kind of tree this is. Do you? I probably knew at one time, but can’t recall as I’m writing this post.
Psalms 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
It has these white, dandelion seed-like spores, that are blowing off.
It looks snowlike.
As I was getting some more temperature squares ready, I noticed this. Do you see it?
I missed a day. I had 4-10 and went to 4-12. I skipped 4-11. The thought occurred to me to just leave it, but I couldn’t. Sew I dug out my trusty seam ripper.
It isn’t a very high tech system, but it works!! Good old paper and pencil!! I would somehow manage to get behind and would do 10-15 squares at a time to catch up. I would write down the date, highs and lows, and any significant weather for the day.
Then I would go down the list and count all the high temperatures in one range and again with the low’s and have a pile for each day. An assembly line of sorts. Lastly, I crossed off the date once it was sewn. An arrow pointing right meant I still needed something for it, like maybe something to represent a birthday.
It actually was a quicker system than when I was doing 2-3 at a time. Probably how Ford figured out the assembly line!
Overall June was a rainy month, 22 of 30 days were rainy. I’m going to find a fabric to represent rainy, dreary days.
Proverbs 18:2 Fools find no pleasure in understanding, but delight in airing their own opinions.
Search ‘temperature quilt’ to find out how it’s sewing along.
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