Good morning Geoff, I don’t hear the birds through our double glazing.

Another clear sky, another day ahead.

Doug

Morning Geoff Doug Minerva and all those still snoozing.

The one and possibly only advantage of being deaf is that, without my hearing aids in at night, I cannot hear the birds twittering away. Light is more of a problem to sleeping.

Tried to mount a painting yesterday; complete disaster. My shaky hands and lack of strength in the fingers resulted in some very rough cut bevelled edges so I shall have to get mounts done professionally in future. Pity – extra cost when you are trying to sell a painting.

Mike

Around at 4:00am today Cat loved it, interesting that during the thunderstorm waves of frogs came down the path from the pond taking huge bounds for their size and disappeared into the flower borders.
Another hot day coming up, plants watered at the roots.

everyone,
I’ve been up since 4:30 after a restless night. I have all the windows open (14 here too Minerva) to get the house as cool as possible. They predict a record high of 33 today with humidex of 38. I’ll be at the art club all afternoon for our open studio where we don’t have air conditioning either. Some friends are coming to learn scarf dyeing.

First it will be gym and watering plants though. A thunderstorm passed over us last evening with not even enough rain to wet the pavement. There was a bolt of lightening right over the house that made the thunder shake the house. The last thing the area needs is lightening without lots of rain. We have extreme fire warnings here.

We are going for supper tonight instead of yesterday. I’ll need the air conditioning to feel like eating after being in the heat all afternoon.

The Robins are chirping away and have been since 4:00 a.m. So nice to listen to their merry song.

I guess I’ll have breakfast and watch the news. Enjoy your day everyone.

Good Morning all,
It is 6:00 a.m. here in just beginning to get light Oakwood, and, yes, the birds are singing merrily. Another hot day in store for us here too.

Making buttermilk griddle cakes for breakfast this morning. They are pancakes with the addition of a little corn meal to the batter. Very tasty. They’ve become one of Larry’s favorite Sunday morning meals.

Then off to the grocery store to pick up fresh fruits and veggies.

Stay as comfortable as you can with the heat (or cold in Annie’s case).

SYL,

Sylvia

Good Morning! It’s already 24C and getting hotter. We expect to top out at 30C today. Everything on the ground is cooking and crispy. We need to water our gardens and pots every couple of days. They look good but are not thriving as if they’d been rained on.

The Kids came out for a swim yesterday. Their apartment is hot. It’s not air conditioned. They do have a portable in the bedroom. Anyway, they stayed to dinner and then we watched Guardians of The Galaxy afterward. We made pizzas and a fruit salad of fresh summer berries.

Today’s a laundry day. Today’s a swim day. Today’s a Studio day. I never did get downstairs yesterday.

Geoff, Doug and Minerva… you’ve all gone to the birds!

Mike, what a shame that you couldn’t manage your mat cutter because of the weakness in your hands.

So lucky that your garden soaked up a nice rain, Rod!

Oh my gosh, Annie. I can barely keep potted poinsettias alive when I buy them as Christmas plants. I cannot imagine them as beautiful trees that need to be pruned!

Ellen, I don’t envy your doing a demo today in an un-airconditioned hall. Stay as cool as you possibly can.

Oh my goodness, Geoff… the zucchini would be the first thing I harvested! Well, the other vegetables and fruit too.

When the zucchini get overgrown, I like to hollow out the seeds after cutting them in half lengthwise and then stuff them with the same filling I use in my peppers. That’s just a ground pork/chicken mixture with onions, garlic and rice.

Bill, you made me think of Chatham’s crows who’re not here… I wonder if the heat has forced them to flock elsewhere.

Uschi, congratulations on buying and selling cars. I don’t like to think of the potential distant future. This’ll be my last car; this’ll be my last trip; I’ll never do this that or the other again… but today is our best day and the only one that counts.

I’m enjoying my first cup of coffee with you and I could use a refill. Then, it’s time to fold the first load of clothes out of the drier. Stay as cool or warm as you possibly can and be creative Washer Buds. :grouphug: