Tuesday, August 9, 2011

DESPITE the Heat!!

I ventured out in the back early this afternoon. It had not yet climbed to 100 or more at that time.
I believe it was 96 degrees!! It is now 106! What a difference that 'cooler' 10 degrees made!
Louis Dean and I sat in the gazebo and watched a variety of birds come to the feeder.
A couple of woodpeckers and a few other 'not run of the mill' birds that we could not identify.


I think the water attracts them.
As you can see I DO have some greenery!
NO flowers at this point though!


Before it heated up too bad I managed to clean out this area in preparation
for planting some bushes along the fence .......once it cools off some!
I water the Asian Jasmine from time to time and it seems to be spreading.


I pulled the scattered houseplants (which live outside from April to October)
over to the gazebo area where we can enjoy them.....and remember to WATER them!



I feared they would not make it in this heat.....and I really do not have room for them in the house!
Louis Dean has put his music stands and stools in the den window seat where they 'live' and I don't have the energy to relocate all that stuff and then haul these HEAVY pots back in!
They seem to be doing OK.


I LOVE English Ivy and this was once a potted house plant when I decided to put it in the ground two years ago. I would love a whole YARD of this!! I can't get it to grow as well as the Asian Jasmine - which is a dense, fast - growing ground cover. And I want to cover the ground! I hate plain dirt/mud!



We fill the fountain up every few days......
I love the sound of falling water.


After we did what we could before it got TOO hot to stand any more I decided to indulge myself in a luxurious NAP!
I shut the bedroom door, flipped on the window A/C and the ceiling fan AND the sound machine!
Then I slid into the as yet unmade bed and breathed a sigh of contentment......
until Miss Maggie alerted me to  the fact that SHE was in the room as well and that SHE was NOT ready to nap! I escorted her out.......but by then the mood was broken and I was wide awake.


Since it is Tuesday and that is 'Art Day' for me I left the cool dark bedroom,
set up the paint table and proceeded to paint for awhile.

I think it is the heat but nothing occupies me for very long. I feel restless and listless at the same time.
It is now 105 so I figure I will read for an hour and then head out front to edge the yard.
THAT should ensure me of a good night's sleep!

"The sleep of a laboring man (OR woman) is sweet."
Ecclesiastes 5:12

3 comments:

Angela said...

Your yard is beautiful. I especially LOVE that waterfall.

Bev said...

Beautiful yard!

AA said...

Bet that fountain sounds as beautiful, as it looks.

And I love to hear people use expressions like: "Run of the mill." Hope these coloquilisms (spelling?) never are lost.