A the Cat continues his adjustment to New Home 3.0. Here we see His Majesty benevolently surveying his domain and the live-in help.
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Our weather here has been a bit cooler overall, in the 70's to 80's F (21-26 C). This is a little cooler than I remember it being last year. Really, anything below 8% F is pretty tolerable as we get pretty good evening breezes here except when it is very hot.
I have to remind myself to treasure all this. In a mere three months, it will be mostly gone.
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This past week The Ravishing Mrs. TB and I went to our local New Home 3.0 County fair.
In terms of size, it was probably about the same size as my hometown fair, which surprised me a bit. The mix for these sorts of things seems to be universal - lots of folks selling things, rides, trailers selling food that likely will clog your arteries on sight, and the "actual" parts of the fair: animals and 4-H, both of which were pretty well represented.
Judging by the 4-H displays, there may yet be hope.
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Some years ago (in college), I was given a stuffed penguin named Napoleon. He was my adventure buddy for years and of course came into the marriage, where he ended up going on his own set of adventures (and getting his own photo album).
After we first got Poppy the Brave, his leather beak became a casualty of a puppy teething session. He went beak-less for years until, after my move to New Home 3.0, I found a fantastic seamstress who seems to be able to do almost anything, including replacing a penguin's beak:
I am super happy he is back for more adventures.
The heat has been putting the smackdown on us out here in the Midwest. My A/C couldn't keep up yesterday so got progressively hotter and hotter in the house. If finally started catching up some and by 1 am it was finally cool enough to fall asleep. Then a huge thunderstorm and now I am enjoying what remains of the warm air before it becomes just as hot again today.
ReplyDeleteEd, I have been tracking the heat wave in your neck of the woods. Ugh. We are apparently benefitting through your suffering.
DeleteOne time years ago in Old Home, the temperature hit 116 F. We did nothing that day but stay inside with the shades drawn, hoping we did not lose the A/C (fortunately we did not).
Low 90s last two days and again today along with dew points in the mid-seventies.......ugh. Little over three weeks until the state air.....food on a stick TB!
ReplyDeleteYikes! I am not missing that at all, Nylon12.
DeleteThat's really neat about fixing the penguin. Funny how some things share life with us.
ReplyDeleteA looks quite well. I'm sure accompanying his humans to strange places is better than being left behind.
Leigh, it is truly one of the best things that has happened this year. I love my seamstress here. She can fix anything.
DeleteI think part of A's happiness is the fact that he no longer has to share the home with two dogs and can just focus his humans on him being the center of attention.
TB, I was admiring that beak before I read that it was a repair job. Very nice! We're having a cool down for a few days and today it motivated me to weed the strawberry bed (well, about 2/3rds of it). Unfortunately, the weeds were so thick, I'm having to pull them by the handful (and dig some out), and I'm finding a few strawberry plant casualties in the refuse. The recent string of 90-degree weeks made for some prolific weed propagation.
ReplyDeleteBecki, my seamstress really does excellent work.
DeleteUgh, I am sorry about that heat. I have the same issue with "casualties" when I have weeded as well.
Second day of temps in the low 70's, and the strawberry bed is practically finished. All the weeds are are gone, and tomorrow, I plan to thin out what is left after a son looks it over and possibly takes some with him. I wish I had taken a "before" picture. The amount of weeds was most impressive.
DeleteGlad you had a reprieve, Becki. Hopefully the rest of the thinning goes well.
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