Mornin’ everyone.
It’s 63F and cloudy outside, with 90% humidity. The expected high temperature is 77F, with peeks of sunshine and 50% humidity. I may or may not mow the lawn today.
It was nice and sunny yesterday morning, so I watered all my plants, cleaned the bird baths and refilled them, and took care of some other minor chores.
Late morning, I went to the plant nursery to score some coneflowers and whatever else I fancied. As luck would have it, it’s their 25th anniversary, so I scored 25% off on all plants. I have three or four coneflower plants in various colors, a strawberry shake hydrangea, some tall phlox, and some other items I’ve promptly forgotten. I realized I’d probably need more planters when I left, so I stopped at Wallyworld. I don’t often go there, but sometimes they have decent deals on planters and plant stands. I might return for a Korean fir shrub that I liked, too.
I wanted to get some cedar planters, but they didn’t have any, and I wanted some cast iron wheeled plant stands, which they also didn’t have. But I scored three or four attractive outdoor pots and another tall phlox plant. The pots were not that costly, so that was a bonus.
While I was out and about at the first nursery, it became uncomfortably humid, and the same was true at the Wallyworld garden center. I came home, drank water, changed clothes, and cooled down. I considered potting everything but took care of some other chores instead.
Today, I’ll do the usual Sunday laundry, possibly mow the lawn, and possibly put those plants in their pots, or at least get a start on that.
It’s supposed to warm up by the 4th, and we may see temps creeping into the 90s after the 4th. I would much rather it be damp on the 4th because of assholes with fireworks, but I can’t win them all.
Happy Doperversary, Shoe!
I put peanut butter on the bread heels and let the dogs eat them. However, I keep the heels until the end to keep the other bread fresher. When I was much poorer, my husband and I would split the heels so our final sandwiches from a particular loaf would have one good piece of bread and one heel.
Metal Mouse, I hope you win the bid for the better space on the train!
I am guilty of keeping stuff that I will probably find a better use for, but I’ve gotten much better at just donating or dumping stuff that no longer serves a purpose. My husband, not so much. There is STILL a computer monitor in the den that is no longer useful. Best Buy takes this type of stuff, but he can’t bestir himself to take care of it. It’ll probably fall to me to take it.
FCM, I’m sorry for the stuff with BiL and his mental health, on top of everything that is going on with MiL.
I should get my chores started.
I rarely have bread in the house anymore, but when I do – like others – I use the heels to keep the other slices fresher: by the time I get to them, they’re usually near enough to the end of their life that I don’t feel too guilty about tossing them.
This one is going to take a while: it took 1 hr 43 min just to get through the first three bags! But, it’s already kind of cool-looking. It gets put together in 5 stages, mimicking how the cathedral was built; I’ll share in-progress photos after each stage.
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It’s summer time and the RDOSin’ is easy 
