Friday, 26 Jun 2009

Salutations! Is it summer where you are? It seems like most people I hear from are saying, 'Er, not really,' but Minnesota has turned summer up to eleven this week! Yesterday was our fifth 90F+ day in a row, and I assume today was our sixth. Considering we only have an average of thirteen of those per year, we're a bit ahead of schedule.

I haven't been minding it, because at least we're getting rain on a more regular basis. Do you see how green my grass is? Just a few weeks ago I was starting to worry it would never recover from the lack of rain. Lovely green -- I'd been feeling as though all my hard work in the garden was a bit wasted, when all I noticed when I looked out at the yard was the crispy grass.

I harvested my first broccoli this week (Tuesday), with more on the way. And I found the chair in the photo above on Wednesday. It was at a thrift store in Hinckley, for only $3.75! It's not even broken. It's supposedly a beach chair, and it leans backwards and forwards, so one can find the most comfortable position in which to laze. AND it's yellow and looks so good with my giant, yellow marigolds and less-giant, yellow house.

My only complaint about the hot weather is that it seems to have driven some insect life up from the basement. I can't even bring myself to say their name, lest it summon another. Let it suffice to say that they have roughly one hundred legs. Shudder. Booty, who I thought was caught up in his own thoughts, suddenly spotted one along the baseboards a few minutes ago and sprang into action. He flushed it out from behind the guitars, and I slapped a magazine down on top of it. We're a good team!

Rob is getting into town on Sunday for a three-week visit (!), so I'm hoping we'll have many adventures I can share. Life's been good lately, but there's not much to report beyond, 'Yup. Did some work, then sat outside with the cats.'