An Early Start

After I finished posting last night, Jenny and Scott stopped up and we went over to his house to see the progress that has been made.  Scott built this house 28 years ago and he and Jenny plan to move into it sometime this fall.  First, they are redoing almost everything,

Little Wonder went with us and there was a torrential down pour when we got there.

A huge addition is going on the East side of the house.   A two car garage topped with a great room.

So far, he has turned two bedrooms into a walkin closet and bedroom.

The only thing left is the trim work.

Next....he will put a bathroom and two bedrooms upstairs.  After that...windows, siding and a new roof.  He is one very talented guy.   Fortunately, they have hired someone to do the addition.  Jenny is going for a Scandinavian look on the inside.

When we got back to the farm, the sky was gorgeous.

OK.  What about today?

When I let Little Wonder out this morning, there was a nice breeze and even tho it was 80 degrees it felt like something I could tolerate. Started mowing the lawn by 8:30.  Our first sunflower appeared.....

and there were many new blossoms everywhere.

By 10:15 I was back in the house in need of a shower.

Bridge at the Library.  Somehow my partner and I tied for 2nd after having totally crap hands.

On my way home....

the temperature was 94.

As expected, LW was not too excited about being outside.

Hot dogs and beans for dinner.  Not in the mood for cooking.

Night all.

In the Cooker

The west side of our house gets full sun all afternoon and right now it is almost 85 degrees here in the library (6:30pm).  We have French doors and can close off this part of the house to keep the kitchen cool with a window air conditioner and fans.  I can't stand it!!!  I have a fan on me now and turned on the window air conditioner in the downstairs bedroom.  No more open windows.

I'm trying to convince Little Wonder to stay on the bed so he can cool off.

This morning it was about 75 in the kitchen, and I got it down to 71.  Much cooler than it was outside....a balmy 83 degrees by 8am.

I did four things today.   #1 Picked 3 beets, lettuce and grabbed one onion.

#2 Made a jar of pickled beets.

 

#3 Grabbed LW and drove to Brockport to do some banking (drive thru).  Of course he loved the ride and stayed in the front seat where the air was blasting out on him.

On the way home, this was the temperature.  How many more days of this?

#4. I made breakfast for dinner.

Over and out!!!!!

Night all.

It Has Arrived

You won't be seeing me out and about for the next few days.  This weather is so oppressive.  I was just talking to a friend on the phone and he informed me that the heat index is at 111! 

Last night the moon looked like this around 10pm.

This morning Little Wonder and I went out to do a couple things and we lasted about 15 minutes.

I cleaned off all the dead, woody vines on the clematis trellis and am hoping it will start growing.  Way behind this year.  Also attempted to do a little weed whacking and that lasted for about 5 minutes.

I managed to do some laundry, but was a bum much of the day.

Gary had yoga and went out to lunch.  He also took it easy for awhile when he got home....reading the paper and hanging out with LW by one of the fans.

Eventually I got off my butt, took a shower and went down to Wegmans to get some groceries.

I spoke to Ariana this morning and she and Kurt will be coming here from Friday until Sunday.  On Thursday they will be in Toronto for the Croatia/Portugal World Cup match and then we get to spend some time with them.  A family dinner is coming up.

In spite of the heat, we had a great dinner tonight.

Gary was kind enough to grill some chicken and corn on the cob.

Little Wonder is next to me and of course there is a fan on us.  Can't wait to get out to the kitchen where it is much cooler.  I feel sorry for all animals on days like this.

Night all.