Cal ~ exactly ...
It is a dry heat until the monsoon kicks in. I'm sending that dry heat cartoon to my brother, Doug. He'd move if he could, but his wife doesn't want to. He'd head for Oregon or Colorado.
I'm with your brother Neva!!

I came from a family of non-smokers (well my sister did for a while after she'd been away from home for quite a while, but quit and my folks didn't smoke. Guess when my folks were dating my mom went to try a drag off one a friend was smoking when they were out and my dad said he'd never marry a gal that smoked and that was it.

I started sometime down the road, have quit a couple times and should again, but no matter how much I wanted one could I ever pick one up like that, ewwww!
We're up to 76 now and sort of sticky, but will be in 80's this weekend. I'm SO glad we got to enjoy yesterday with clouds and 60's, it felt wonderful compared to what's coming.
How is Scootie coming along Cal? Obsver when you said that about trying to separate the dogs with a fork I had to smile picturing it, but also know it was NOT funny after having a dog that got seizures, but a fork against a huge dog......when BB used to have his seizures I'd get just sick to my stomach.

Now this made sense "Tell Polly she needs a bigger fork, maybe even a taser!" It happens so fast though, Polly had the fork in her hand.
Yes Cal on the potassium bromide. The vet did a LOT of investigation before mixing it with the phenobarbital and not wanting to raise the phenobarbital anymore did add a little of the PB. He was doing great. We have no idea why he suddenly had the necrotic pancreatitis that killed him. She cried when she put him down and later almost cried when she told me she was afraid she'd done it to him adding the PB, but according to everything she'd found upon re-investigating it would be VERY uncommon to have any type of adverse effect from it. She said she was at the point that if he had somehow pulled through she was going to take him off all his seizure meds and start over with seizure treatment. That poor boy had trouble from day one, I always felt so bad for him. But as to how the med worked, he was doing wonderful on his seizures and it was about long enough since he'd had any that we were getting close to having the surgery for his dysplastic hip. Oh and just like with adjusting the phenobarbital, it took two weeks almost to the day for him to act "normal" after adding the PB and he was so much better than I'd seen him in a long time.
Glad Polly like the video of the lightning too. Nothing seemed to be hitting real close, but Joe was sure having a fit. When I shut the door after seeing it and grabbed the camera he asked what I was doing and I said "you've got to see this!". Of course me and storms. He came out and kept saying "just get back in the house" and I kept saying I was fine. "Well you won't be, get in the house!" as he went back in and I stayed out.

That video didn't do it justice. There was lightning going straight down, lightning going horizontal, you name it, it was fascinating.
Hi JP! Sorry your bones are creaking, would WD-40 help? Sorry, I didn't mean that in a bad way, hugs. I'm "only" going to be 63 this summer and I know how you feel being I have some arthritis. Hope you're loosening up now. Boy Victor looks old. Sure glad Tasha is settling in well. That little stinker Lily going to the scale

I saw that WV flooding on the news too, but hadn't seen about the 2-year-old swept away, how awful!!
Oh Cal "putrid humidity". PLEASE don't send it to the north of you. Take care if it gets that bad. You too DLong. Keep cool RA and anyone!! Ok off to check out the puzzle.