The air is warm upon my toes
Jun. 20th, 2012 04:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
averygoodun42And I don't like it, no I don't.
The heat has arrived with the solstice, allowing us to join in the misery of the rest of the country. It got up to96 here (humidity of 74%) sorry, 98, with humidity of 50%, which is, really, rather nasty. Tomorrow is supposed to be a bit worse. However, at least I'm not where Geoff (still) is. There, tomorrow's high is supposed to be 100, with humidity in the 40's. *faints* Fortunately, he should be on a plane back north before it cracks 90. *fingers crossed*
I did get out this morning, though. I fed myself (Page not being hungry) and was weeding out back by 9:30. By the time I came in at 10:30, it was probably in the high 80's. However, I got the large bed as fully weeded as was possible (my arms are only so long) (even with the fork), and am now contemplating whether to mulch or not. Not today, of course, but when the weather turns reasonable again. I don't think I will, really, as a) I don't like the color of the mulch provided by the association, and it would be wasteful to buy something for a garden that's going to be obliterated in a year, b) when it rains, it stays damp back there, and I would rather not encourage the molds more than they already are, and c) it's an awful lot of work for not much aesthetic payback (see a).
Hey ho.
My gardens are growing fairly merrily, though. I hope that the orange daylilies (and yellow rocket ligularia) out back will be forced into bloom by this heat so that we have flowers on Sunday when our friends come over. If not, the red astilbe should be in full bloom by then, anyway. And the yellow loose strife is blooming away merrily.
I suppose my task for tomorrow, besides weeding the smaller bed out back, is setting the soaking hose up in the front garden. The lawn doesn't need as much water these days, but the poor little flowers sure do. They aren't so fond of this heat. *shakes head*
Of course, that's assuming I can get up early enough to do anything before my acupuncture appointment. There will be no gardening after the appointment thanks to the heat.
So, in pursuit of that early rising, I will need to go to bed on time tonight. Last night I stayed up far too late watching RDJ's Sherlock Holmes, which I enjoyed quite a bit. (Did BBC rip off the movie's score? It's very similar.) Again, Irene Adler's character was assassinated, but at least there was something akin to motive behind her actions. (A woman smart enough to outwit the likes of Sherlock Holmes just can't be anything but a career criminal, can she? Sheesh!) Nevertheless, I actually did enjoy how she was played by McAdams. And I would like to see the sequel. I don't think the library has it in stock yet, though, so I'll have to be patient.
Ach well. I have loads of library books to get me by, as well as a few birthday movies (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Little Women, and Ever After, which I enjoyed watching yesterday as I sorted papers). I am well on my way to crossing off the reading task from my summer to do list, even when counting books of the same series as one book together. The reading bug seems to have bit again. :-)
But now I should go do something. What, I'm not sure. The heat is getting to the point where my brain starts melting, so I probably won't manage to think of anything till it's time to go out. Aw. shucks, right?
The heat has arrived with the solstice, allowing us to join in the misery of the rest of the country. It got up to
I did get out this morning, though. I fed myself (Page not being hungry) and was weeding out back by 9:30. By the time I came in at 10:30, it was probably in the high 80's. However, I got the large bed as fully weeded as was possible (my arms are only so long) (even with the fork), and am now contemplating whether to mulch or not. Not today, of course, but when the weather turns reasonable again. I don't think I will, really, as a) I don't like the color of the mulch provided by the association, and it would be wasteful to buy something for a garden that's going to be obliterated in a year, b) when it rains, it stays damp back there, and I would rather not encourage the molds more than they already are, and c) it's an awful lot of work for not much aesthetic payback (see a).
Hey ho.
My gardens are growing fairly merrily, though. I hope that the orange daylilies (and yellow rocket ligularia) out back will be forced into bloom by this heat so that we have flowers on Sunday when our friends come over. If not, the red astilbe should be in full bloom by then, anyway. And the yellow loose strife is blooming away merrily.
I suppose my task for tomorrow, besides weeding the smaller bed out back, is setting the soaking hose up in the front garden. The lawn doesn't need as much water these days, but the poor little flowers sure do. They aren't so fond of this heat. *shakes head*
Of course, that's assuming I can get up early enough to do anything before my acupuncture appointment. There will be no gardening after the appointment thanks to the heat.
So, in pursuit of that early rising, I will need to go to bed on time tonight. Last night I stayed up far too late watching RDJ's Sherlock Holmes, which I enjoyed quite a bit. (Did BBC rip off the movie's score? It's very similar.) Again, Irene Adler's character was assassinated, but at least there was something akin to motive behind her actions. (A woman smart enough to outwit the likes of Sherlock Holmes just can't be anything but a career criminal, can she? Sheesh!) Nevertheless, I actually did enjoy how she was played by McAdams. And I would like to see the sequel. I don't think the library has it in stock yet, though, so I'll have to be patient.
Ach well. I have loads of library books to get me by, as well as a few birthday movies (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Little Women, and Ever After, which I enjoyed watching yesterday as I sorted papers). I am well on my way to crossing off the reading task from my summer to do list, even when counting books of the same series as one book together. The reading bug seems to have bit again. :-)
But now I should go do something. What, I'm not sure. The heat is getting to the point where my brain starts melting, so I probably won't manage to think of anything till it's time to go out. Aw. shucks, right?
