September 2 ... A clear blue sky this morning with a dry and clean northwesterly airflow. This is what it’s all about. Yesterday’s weather was downright uncomfortable. Humidity level only briefly dipped below 80 percent. It was a virtual steam bath with intermittent hot showers. On the plus side, it ripened up a whole basket of cherry tomatoes from our garden! ............. Meet Jarod MacDonald.He’ll be manning the wheelhouse of Sesekinika’s entry in this Saturday’s lawn tractor races at the Charlton fair grounds, beginning at 1pm. Just ask Jarod and he’ll tell you...”Nothing runs like a Deere!” *** mac

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September 1 ... Some showers came over night but they did very little to cool things down. Our low was 21 degrees and that is a record breaking way to start off the month of September around here. Relief from the heat is expected on the weekend but the long range people have painted the eastern half of our country red for the month ahead. Click HERE for a look-see. I had to make a jaunt up to Timmins yesterday. If you’ve got an appointment up there, give yourself an extra 45 minutes. The several Highway 11 construction zones between here and Matheson are a real bottleneck at the moment, especially in the hills just north of the Wavell Road. *** mac

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