i’m uncomfortably hot. yes, commence eye rolling to all of y’all who’ve already been dealing with the heat for a while, but 89 degrees is too hot for me. the mornings for me are brilliant, so i try to get a lot done then, but the rest of the afternoon and evening see my house get up into the high 70′s and make me think of all the things i would still like to do in order to cool my home.
energy star windows? check. whole house blown-in insulation? check. ceiling fan? check. popsicles made from mango lemonade in bpa-free molds? check.
however, this year without the big ailanthus tree, while i no longer have an invasive species, i’ve also lost the shade that normally covers my home in the afternoons. i’m not a fan of blinds, so am contemplating how i want to tackle this next. maybe roman shades. in the meantime, here are some glimpses from my weekend…
daisies from the garden always make my kitchen window happy
got a copy of the original property lines while applying for refinance- see how the trolley used to run diagonally through my plot? kinda cool. (and explains the weird corner that juts out in the back yard)
last cappuccino made for me before my ‘best tenant ever’ moved out – waaaaaah!
my poor girl can’t get her legs under her 
honestly i’m just not ready to do this, y’all.
watching a bluejay from my own backyard perch (special fun camera phone effect)
sitting under a tree eating blackberries from the king farmers market, reading a book by maya angelou and loving the breeze and shade on this hot day
sunday afternoon under the fan, watching ‘the wedding singer’ and ‘the man with two brains’, eatin’ a mango popsicle and trying to move as little as possible
oh, and some surprisingly insightful food for thought that came in earlier in the week for this aquarian…
“Due to the pressure-packed influences currently coming to bear on your destiny, you have Official Cosmic Permission to fling three dishes against the wall. (But no more than three.) … Please understand, however, that taking actions like these should be just the initial phase of your master plan for the week. In the next phase, you should capitalize on all the energy you’ve made available for yourself through purgative acts like the ones I mentioned. Capitalize how? For starters, you could dream and scheme about how you will liberate yourself from things that make you angry and frustrated.”
(Breszny)
Courage! this too will pass – eventually. Sorry to hear about your tree: perhaps you can plant a successor?
I find water in its many forms is a marvelous way to cool down. Eat ice cubes. Take a cold shower. Put your feet in a bucket of cold water. Go swimming. Eat cucumbers. Consent to perspire. Drink a lot.
hi there! yes there is a successor (required by law here that if you take a tree down, even an invasive, that you have to replant), it’s a clerodendrum about 6′ tall right now so we’ve got a bunch of years before that gets big – but it’s intention is not to shade the house. my roses are loving the newfound sun
yep, “consent to perspire” is good – “move slowly” is my other one, haha
So there with ya! It gets to be 87 in the house in the afternoons – insufferable for me! And hotter, still, outside, so nothing to do but try to get through it. I’ve been making popsicles out of mango lemonade, too! LOL!
Sending you love for Daisy. Lots and lots of love.
ooh… there have been moments recently I would have loved to fling plates! Lucky, Aquarius!
That picture of the Scrubjay looks like a painting! Love it!
I flung myself in a lake for the firs time this past weekend – aww summer!