Nothing Much

We're having a 3 day patch of cooler weather, probably mid 70's, and that suits me fine for working out in the garden. The weeds have been growing faster than the plants I want so it's time to remove them.

It's also the start of a long span of rainfree days (promised, anyway) so I'm also going to drench the potted plants. We've had so much sporadic rainfall that I've seldom had to water anything myself but today's the day. I'm a little worried about when I'm away next week because there really is no rain in the forecast for a few weeks. I've asked my sweet neighbor if she'd water while I'm away if that was the case.

I plan to bunch as many potted plants as possible together in as shady an area as possible but some will just have to survive with no help at all. I hate the thought of coming home to flowering plants that have wilted beyond any chance of recovery but what will be will be. This is always a concern whether you're gone for a few days or a few weeks in the summer.

My other concern is that I'm heading to Florida in hurricane season. Right now there's one brewing in the Gulf and it should hit today or tomorrow but I haven't heard of anything behind it so maybe we'll luck out and not get blown away while we're there. It's enough that I'm worrying about suffering heat stroke by being in Florida in July.

Anyway, today I weed and that's all that's on my agenda. I'm trying to hold off cutting the lawn until Saturday because I don't want it to get too overgrown while I'm away. Pushing a lawnmower through high grass is just too difficult...I know my limits. I really enjoy keeping the outside of the house looking pretty but it's best to not let it get too far ahead of me.

I guess I've procrastinated long enough playing on the computer so now it's time to get to work.