“Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity.”
Today is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.
When I opened the front door, I was surprised to find the morning so hot, already in the high 70’s. My house had stayed comfortably cool all night and into the early morning (that would be 9 for me). I did run the AC for a while yesterday. The house was 78˚, too hot for me.
Dinner last night had me yumming the whole time. I had roast beef, creamy mashed potatoes and peas, just about my favorite dinner. On the day before I left for the Peace Corps and Ghana, it was my last dinner at home.
Starting Monday, restaurants can have indoor diners. Governor Baker is slowly opening up the state, but I’m still in the house. I only go out if I have to or need to. The need to go comes more often now. I get to a point where I have to take a ride to maintain my sanity (a bit of a hyperbole but only a bit).
I need more flowers and herbs. I’ll have to go early tomorrow when the morning is still cool. The heat will be hanging around all next week.
When I was a kid, my father only put flowers in the garden below the picture window. He always chose marigolds or pansies. This year I bought marigolds, the first time I can remember ever buying them. They aren’t the prettiest or the most colorful, but they bring back memories of my dad. They’re going into one of the deck boxes.
This morning, the air was sweet with the smell of cut grass. Saturday is when my grass is mowed, and my deck is blown clean. This week will be the grand opening of the deck for summer 2020 after the flowers are planted in the boxes, the furniture is uncovered and everything is cleaned. I do need a new cover for my barbecue. I think this will be cover 4. The spawns of Satan took one. It just disappeared. I never found a single piece of it. They stripped the underneath of another one, nest material I figured, by making holes. Number 3 is lying on the ground pockmarked with holes and ready to be trashed.
I did make a small list. I seem to need one to get myself moving. The plants will get watered. I now have my pass for the dump so I’ll go today or tomorrow. My car needs gas for the first time in three months. I guess that’s forward progress.
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June 20, 2020 at 2:08 pm
The day started with some sunshine but was still very hot, then it turned to cool and lots of rain 🙂 Tomorrow will be almost chilly they say and more rain will fall and I don’t mind the least 🙂
I do like marigolds, especially those with exploding orange color and they come in all sizes as well. The smell however isn’t the nicest and slugs love them unfortunately. They just keep on flowering as long as one pick away over flowered flowers.
I had vietnamese spring rolls and dumplings for dinner today 🙂 Odd combo I know but I’m emptying the freezer so I can defrost it 🙂
Have a great day!
Christer.
June 20, 2020 at 3:34 pm
Christer,
I’d like some rain. We had a rainy May but a dry June. The heat will be here all week.
I knew marigolds had to be dead headed which is why I don’t usually carry them, but on the deck will make it easy to remember. I have a couple of different colors, orange and yellow.
That dinner sounds delicious. I have some Chinese food in my freezer as well. I even think I have dumplings. Now I’m getting hungry.
Have a great day!