We are to have one more day of low 80’s before the weather turns on the heat.
It is warm in the afternoon: 82F today, but a light breeze and pleasant in the shade.
I am amazed everyday at how well the fuschia are doing and how many blooms they have! I may even have to move them to larger baskets. I hope they do ok with the coming heat but they are in the shade except for early morning.
Meanwhile, we enjoy the still pleasant weather and hope that NOAA is wrong!
And it kept going…topping off at 94F! Even now, at 7:00 p.m., it is still 89.
It is supposed to cool into the 70’s by the coming weekend and as this kind of heat is unusual this early, I originally thought it would be fine for these few hot days without the A/C.
Thankfully, I changed my mind this morning and got the behemoth ready to go. It has been keeping us comfortable and I will really appreciate it at bedtime, I know!
Bear went out a few times, but only briefly. Even Auggie came in early in the afternoon.
Meanwhile as the dinner hour approached, I rethought my original plan of oven roasted corn and asparagus.
The new plan was shaved asparagus salad…
…with white beans and a parmesan vinaigrette. I put all in the frig to chill along with some canned salmon.
A bit later, as I was mixing everything up, I noticed Auggie on the front sidewalk. His door was open, but I guess he decided the cool concrete sidewalk was the spot to be.
A cool, refreshing supper as the heat goes on.
It rained most of the day.
Sometimes a drizzle, sometimes more.
We needed it badly!
But after weeks of mostly sun, it was a bit of a shock and we all kind of avoided being outside.
Bear does not like wet feet. Snow feet are not so bad, but feet wet from rain…when we did walk, he stopped often to clean his feet. I suggested waiting until the walk was done and doing a cleanup when we got inside. My advice was ignored.
And still, much cleanup to do once inside.
Auggie was stoic…mostly.
And finally, all gave in…
…to the rainy day!
Sometime over the weekend, I noticed a new status icon on my Windows 8.1 Task bar…
A mouse hover displayed the icon hint: “Get Windows 10” !
A Click on the icon brings up the Windows 10 reservation dialog. If you haven’t reserved, there will be a reserve button in the vicinity of the red circle above. I reserved before taking a screen capture.
The buzz is that Windows 10 will start rolling out on July 29 to those who have reserved.
Color me excited!
Meanwhile, after a warm and VERY, VERY dry April and May – scary dry…we started getting rain. A couple of days about 6 drops. Then some pour little cloud released a downpour that lasted maybe 3 minutes. It was like teaser rain.
But yesterday, with flood watch warnings and a forecast of possibly severe thunderstorms with wind and hail…a gentle, steady rain began. It went through the night and continues this morning. It is the perfect kind of rain to have after such a dry spell as it is soaking in and not running off.
Not everyone in my house is as happy as me about the rain…
Kind of hard not to like the weather this last day of April!
Next week is to get cooler and rain or ?? so we are enjoying the sunshine and warm afternoons.
Hmmm… what’s behind the curtain?
Auggie-cat…making himself a sunshine-y cat cave on this last day of April.
Tax day cometh and with it so much to do in addition to the usual, so it was a FULL week.
BUT, the weather…the WEATHER!! – it was beautiful and in defiance of the forecast it was mostly sunny and warm.
Friday afternoon with a forecast of a stormy weekend, I stopped work early and enjoyed the outdoors with Bear and Auggie. I am fortunate to have flexibility in my work schedule and decided I’d rather enjoy the sun and work over the weekend in the rain/snow if the weekend forecast was to be believed.
In addition to tax day etc., I saw my local herbalist this week and came away with a regimen that included 7 nights of hot baths.
My little house has a LARGE walk in shower, but no bathtub.
Huh.
The herbalist folks suggested a kiddie pool. That led me to my local “home and ranch supply” place and lo and behold that place had a SALE on a 100 gallon stock tank (Rubbermaid) … as in a watering trough for stock: horses, cows, etc.
I bought one.
Ya… Montana hot tub…I can hear neighbors Mike and Nancy laughing!! (THEY have a REAL hot tub :)! )
But, it worked and it was wonderful and I wish I’d thought of it sooner. My instructions were to soak for 30 minutes in as hot of water as I could stand.
So I did.
On the front porch.
And it felt SO good! Afterward, I took a quick rinse off shower, went to bed and slept wonderfully.
I can’t wait until tonight, to repeat.
This afternoon – Saturday – it is blustery and cool and feels more like Fall, than Spring. The gusts are causing the pine trees to rain pine cones which sent Bear and Auggie inside…
… to nap.
End of the week.