The truck was moving 25 penguins, an octopus and several fancy fish to a tourist attraction in Galveston. As trucks sometimes do, it overturned, spilling out the penguins and the others, who were protected by plastic bags. Some of the bags, unfortunately, spilled their contents as well, and some fish didn’t make it.

The octopus survived. Most of the penguins huddled in a ditch, and will get to compare notes on exactly what happened. A few died.

It’s currently around 92°, and all 50 of the tomato plants are starting to droop even after being watered last night. (More on those later.) But after enduring temps of 112° and possibly higher for more than a few days, with nights hovering around 84°, we’re toughened up.

Not that 92° is sweater weather. But I can actually function. It’s not supposed to get much hotter this week, but just in case, there’s an unopened tub of chocolate fudge swirl in the freezer. Plus the Cherries Garcia that is also not tapped into yet.