It is hot even at 6AM when I take Chienne for a walk.
Chienne rolled in something dead on our walk. In the hot. That did not improve my mood.
Post bath for her and shower for me, I am feeling a bit cooler and happier.
Still. Summer is not my season.
I did have a nice weekend! No travel.
I mowed my lawn.
And ran errands.
And made my way through an impressive stack of papers that I'd read but not summarized.
My process is that I take notes on the back of the first page of an article as I read. Then I type up paragraphs that I put online for reference. It works pretty well.
Then when people read my summaries, they correct points I may have misstated or missed completely. Then we all learn something! (And I'm a little embarrassed but I've long since stopped pretending I'm infallible.)
My dad sold the giant van. He was very proud but I was sad. I'm always sad when we sell or trade cars - I don't think I've ever not cried. I'm not sure why I get so attached to objects.
Lilacs are starting to bloom here! I love lilacs. But people tend to have them in backyards where I can't (or shouldn't) go to breathe them in and admire their delicate blossoms.
Then again, lilacs do belong in backyards - over sandboxes or forming a hedge around a child's secret fort.
Mom planted a starter from Grandma's lilac bush (that used to shade my sandbox) under my window when we moved into my parents' house long ago. It's very healthy.
We've tried twice to coax a starter to grow for me. Failed miserably both times.
I also love peonies from Grandma's garden, even if they did attract ants.
I have a peony bush in my back yard - Dad usually mows it down, but Mom saved it this year on a visit and it's starting to bud! I'm very excited about this and keep squinting off my back deck at it.
I've missed you - and tried to write something - but, as evidenced above - I don't have a lot that's interesting to say.
When I take walks around here I deliberately choose paths where I know I'll see teh prettiest gardens. One route includes a huge lilac bush that I always stop to smell. Mine suffered some from teh winter storm, so it's not doing as well as it used to.
I do not mind the hot yet, but in July I will. I do tire of explaining to the cats that while I'd love to take them out on their leashes we're not doing it during the hotest part of the day.
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When I take walks around here I deliberately choose paths where I know I'll see teh prettiest gardens. One route includes a huge lilac bush that I always stop to smell. Mine suffered some from teh winter storm, so it's not doing as well as it used to.
I do not mind the hot yet, but in July I will. I do tire of explaining to the cats that while I'd love to take them out on their leashes we're not doing it during the hotest part of the day.
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