“The RoseBouquet”

The hot summer weather arrived on Friday as if it were jumping on us! Earlier last week I was still dressing in multiple layers and even throwing a shawl over my legs because it was so chilly in my office. Friday it warmed up and over the weekend got HOT. Yesterday I was melting here.

Well, I’m not quite a sugar cube, so I haven’t dissolved yet. But yesterday I went downstairs and hunted for a fan. I am sure there are better ways to set the thermostat for the air-conditioning, but I’m not getting them right, and Joe is not in until tomorrow.

I do recall that it was downright chilly in here last summer from the A/C.

How much time do you spend watering your plants? Maybe you can hum the tune to this major responsibility.

I’ve discovered that if I have a garden and flowers in containers I need to water them. Daily. The poor marigolds look shriveled and some have fallen over. My giantico impatiens on the front steps are getting curled up, brittle leaves and the flowers are falling off. Can it be that I’m watering them too much? Or is it really the heat?

It takes at least 30 minutes or more after supper, to water everything by hand. I have done some other weeding and edging but in small stages. Saturday I tried to sort out the coupling for my garden hoses. I found I have some soaker hoses of Dad’s, but even after I went to buy a package of couplings, I could not get them connected up right. I’m waiting for a good neighbour to be outside at the right time.

Early on Saturday my neighbours on the east side took down that pathetic green wood fence and are planning to put up a nice new wire-mesh fence. Brad even says I’ll get a new gate out of that. Wow, I am so blessed with good neighbours!