Great googly moogly
May 15th, 2008
It’s supposed to be 90 degrees out tomorrow. Welcome to summer?
I am angry that we did not get a spring. We’ve had like five nice days since January. I am happy nice days are finally appearing, although a bit taken aback at the rate of arrival– it’s only supposedly in the high 60s today.
I did some garden work today. It’s been almost a year of little to no outdoor work for me. It felt good, but exhausting– and our back yard is definitely showing the markers of no outdoor work + sudden warmth. I trampled down some grass that was four feet tall in places. I took Robin’s downstairs crib outside– it really is very easy to move around– and put him in the shade and let him look at the trees while I worked. He seemed to enjoy himself.
My home-grown seedlings almost all got eaten by bugs, rendering my home-built cold frame useless. I bought seedlings from Lowe’s, grudgingly, including some peppers– maybe my cold frame can earn its keep that way. (It’s hard for me to grow peppers up here, because there’s just not enough heat units to do it, usually.)
I also wrote my 1600 words (about 6 pages), and finished reading A Great And Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray.
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