June 22, 2024: Summertime
Okay. So we had at the most, two-three seconds loss of daylight. Not enough to notice, just be aware of. Because now we are on the downward slope. Betty, who used to cut my hair; she once said that the first fifty years of one’s life go by slowly because it’s then all uphill. She then said that the second fifty years of one life go by slowly because it’s then all downhill. Hmmm, there is some truth to this. I suppose if you live to be 120 (and this is a distinct possibility now for some of us), then the first 60 years are uphill and the second sixty years are downhill. Of course, you don’t know when you are going to die, so the passage of time, be it fast or slow, is up in the air. A good place for it, among the clouds that form in the afternoons right before it rains. |
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Today, temperatures were in the 80s. I weeded the upper garden in the heat. I do not like to weed, and so the heat made this a onerous task. Pete, he puttered away in the garden all afternoon and cheerfully. He got the beets and carrots in the lower garden. And he actually seemed happy about doing this. I had to admit, he did a lovely job, planting the beets and carrots. Last year I planted carrots, and nothing came up. This year I planted kale in the upper garden. Already, the poor plants are looking a bit parched. We put plants in the hoop house before we left. The aloe plants took a heat beating – they turned from green to brown. I hope that being back in the house will rejuvenate them. It’s very hot on the east coast and Midwest. It makes me wonder if it’s going to get hotter here. Temps in the 80s is enough heat for me. The competitive trail ride is going to be the last week in July. I have two more weeks than I thought to get ready for this. I signed up to ride Tyra fra Tuskast. I’m going to make sure that I ride her every day, most likely in the mornings. I will work on project stuff in the afternoons or evenings. Today, I took Tyra for an evening ride. The bugs were bad, but they would have been worse had I not dosed her with bug dope. I wish that the organic spray worked, but it does not. I have to go with the nasty carcinogen that has DEET in it if I am serious about keeping the bugs away. Ahh, I took Tyra on Tin Can. Now I have ridden this trail hundreds of times before, so I should know it intimately. There is this part of the trail where it becomes less distinct. I lost my way here and ended up going up a steep hill – one with brush and logs. Tyra, she was okay with this because, well, she loves an adventure. |
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