I decided to take off last night and grabbed the dog, his toys and my bags and went to the lake. I have always loved the cabin up here and I think needed the quite and peace for a few days. It might just be a short little get away, but for now it’s just what was needed! Course the place is now smelling like wet dog and lake water, but we can deal with it!
Shades of Oz?
We finally got the rain everyone has literally been praying for in these parts. Early this morning we had some hellacious winds, thunder and lightening. I was having my morning tea in my office and looked out the window in time to see the neighbor’s storm door fly off it’s hinges and go hurling across the yard. I must admit that the scene from Wizard of Oz flashed through my head…the one where the screen door went flying when Dorthy tried to open it. While looking outside, I did however notice it suddenly got very quiet, and everything looked sort of green. Like a green haze was in the air. Even as a kid living why out in BFE country, we were taught when we see that green haze, to take cover. Fortunately, things settled down and then it cooled off considerably. This is not to say that we are still having some major storms heading this way again later on. I’ve decided not to worry about it though. I figure the Big Guy is ticked off and disappointed with the whole world and he and Mother Nature, are in cahoots as far as the weather goes. My motto… Be prepared for anything now a days, where the weather is concerned.
Finding Alexa!
I’m contemplating looking at new custom address plaques. I’ve looked at a large variety and never knew there were so many to choose from though. Here is the kicker…I have a perfectly good mail box, with my name on it, and also the house number that the County gave out to residents. They are the kind that are mounted on the mail box post and have numbers that sort of reflect and glow in the dark. I personally think they look rather tacky, and people still drive right by the house, but hey, they were free.
I still haven’t made up my mind what kind of plaque I want, as there are so many residential address plaques to choose from. I have a hard time making up my mind what kind of pants I want to wear on any given day, so choosing something like this takes a lot of thought.
I did find some really cool Whitehall address plaques that I love. They have just the right amount of class without being over the wall with it, and they also compliment my house and gardens also. I’ll be pouring over plaques until I find just the right one though, I imagine. Until I do find one that I can’t live without, I’m having fun looking at them all!
A great place for plants!
Awhile back I was thinking about how I have been running out of room for all my plants and flowers and also that my house needed some kind of sort of finishing touches. I decided to check out some window boxes. I’m not sure if I’m going to get anymore, as I do indeed have a few, but it was cool checking them out along with all the other various containers to plant in. I do however have to, or actually want to have more space for my living friends.
While browsing I did come across some items I really liked. I loved the idea of garden window boxes, that I actually thought I could plant my herbs in, that seemed to be actually becoming a ground cover in my garden. I thought that they would look nice trailing out of the box itself, and also thought about adding some smaller flowers in with the herbs.
Since I already have a few window flower boxes, I looked at those to see if I could find some that matched. And even if I couldn’t, who cares? I could mix and match them evenly to make a unique look and since it’s my house and what I like, who cares if there might be questions about why I didn’t have boxes that didn’t exactly match one another. I’m not into the normal things like some picky gardeners are. Next spring the neighbors will no doubt be looking over here to see what I am going to add next to my gardens and they may be surprised at what they see!!
The hot weather I asked for!
Well, I have to say that I am finally getting the hot and humid weather I have asked for. While everyone is complaining about the heat and the humidity and my dogs are moping around looking for a cool place to hang out, I’m in seventh heaven knowing that this won’t last as long as I would like it to. In the mean time, I’ve put out water with ice for the animals, give them special cool dishes that they will eat, instead of dog food and I remember how much I hate the cold winters here and that I am miserable though them. Actually with the ceiling fans going and the box and floor fans on, it’s really not too bad in the house. I hear people who complained about the cold all winter now complaining about the heat we are having now. It never ceases to amaze me when I hear this. Me? I’m just enjoying it all.
Swimming season
I just love to swim. I don’t care if it is in a lake, beach or pool, so long as I can immerse myself in the water and have fun. There is also the added fun of shopping for a new bathing suit. I think I will go to the lake this weekend and relax in and by the water. Perhaps I can get some friends together for a nice little BBQ and some Volley Ball. Now that sounds like a lot of fun ! Ok then, time to go into the planning stage and make some phone calls. Have a nice rest of the week. Two more days till Friday and the fun begins. =)
Grow little seeds!
I planted zinnia’s, hyacinth beans, poppies and some other plants today. Hopefully they will take. Haven’t even begun to start my straw bale garden yet. Work work and more work and not enough time to play in the dirt, like I so want to do. The weather is going from storms and chilly, to what seems now like a drought. Today it got up to 101 degrees outside. I can’t believe with all the rain we had that the ground is cracking now.
Scary storms!
We had a really bad storm come through, along with a tornado. It could have been a lot worse, like it has been in other states though. Just going out and looking at the trees down, and whole roads blocked off with debris and even telephone lines and whole poles laying down in the fields was scary to see. I feel blessed that we didn’t get hit worse. And it’s only the beginning of summer.
Spring as sprung?
Try telling the weather that, but last evening I was sitting in my office here at home, and the way my house is set up, I can see from my office into the living room and look out the front door and widows. I have lace curtains with tie backs on them, so indeed I can see straight out side. It hit me that my tree has all it’s leaves on it and looks like a green canopy. Of course most people have already realized that winter is over, but it hit me that I wasn’t looking at just tree branches. I know this sounds sort of strange, but the realization of the fact that perhaps now it really might get warm here, really hit me. I’ve also noticed that I have been too busy to notice little things and I need to take the time and a breather to appreciate it all.
Weather’s fine!
I could not have complained about the weather today at all. It was the first day since last year, that the temps actually climbed up above the 80’s mark and I was so happy to go barefoot in the grass and just take a long walk without piling on a ton of clothes. In fact I wore shorts even! Now, if it only would stay this way.