About the weather

I know it the most banal and cliched subject on the planet, but how about this Memphis weather?

Last Monday, Labor Day, was hot and sunny just like August had been. But then! The next morning dawns cloudy and a good bit cooler, and that kind of thing has just kept on since then. Except for yesterday, which was one of those warm-sunny-feel-good fall days that are usually all too rare in Memphis.

And rain! We've had rain, after having almost none all summer. You should see my yard; so lush, so green. Must mow soon.

Must mow while avoiding the fire ant hills, that is. The horrible, horrible little bastards have been around all summer, and I found three new hills yesterday while I was out picking weeds. I need some more "bait" for them (and by "bait" I mean "deadly poison") and I'm all out.

When I was a kid living in Texas and Louisiana we had fire ants. My dad never used poison. My dad used gasoline and a match.

Then again, this is the man who once measured the distance between Memphis and Baton Rouge in six-packs.