wow that was summer?
Two separate sign thermometers flashed 86F at 430 pm today, and I was clad in a long sleeved shirt and jeans.
The house has been cold and damp, temps at night have been kissing 40 and the sun dipping lower with each day passing just does not give the house enough recovery time.
Mold has been starting to creep in the ground level.
The weathermen seem oblivious, claiming that we are below normal for August in temps-having spent 35 Augusts here I will be the first to tell you that Maine is wet and chilly in August. If you don't get your summer in by the end of July you better be ready to wait a year.
We do have micro climates here-our location at the end of the pond with a stream for frontage does give us a lot more moisture this time of year. We also have snow on the ground long past the neighbors, since snow blows off the pond all winter and dumps in our front yard.
The garden is really floundering. The last few years I have sworn that I am going to give up attempting to grow vegetables. We have been harvesting a few purple beans. And a single zuccini. You know things are bad when you have one zuccini by August 20 and no signs of more. The beans and zuccini were very tasty in a homemade pasta alfredo last night.
We have one early girl tomato turning red. No pumpkins setting fruit. The acorn squash look good. One nice stretch of days I made my way into the garden to find the acorn squash had gone nuts and climbed over the early girls and two rows of beans. I waded in and pinched the grasping tendrils of their clutches and hauled the squash vines back in their assigned places.
Yeah, I have been busy and not finishing anything, started trying to repair the torn building paper on the side of the house and went as high as I dared on the ladder and called it off until I could build or beg staging or a higher ladder. The house is 23 feet on that side.
Been working on the subbie, spent 5 hours digging out a clogged EGR pipe thinking for sure that was the cause of the trouble, and had it run worse than ever afterwards. Have some spark plug wires on order since it is not firing at all on number one and barely on number 3 and the coil pack is good, Could be a head gasket, a death knoll for Betsy.
Summer soccer came and went, The Firebird performing well. Tryouts just ended, Captain of the Varsity team. :) And a senior! The college brochures have been pouring in. We are both suffering separation anxiety already.
his senior pictures are coming due, We went across to the dam and down the stream and I took about 50 pictures over two days, and I think we finally found a keeper. I decided to have the Willow snap one of the two of use, rather impromptu, but I knew I would want to hold the moment in my heart.
Tempus Fugit.
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Two separate sign thermometers flashed 86F at 430 pm today, and I was clad in a long sleeved shirt and jeans.
The house has been cold and damp, temps at night have been kissing 40 and the sun dipping lower with each day passing just does not give the house enough recovery time.
Mold has been starting to creep in the ground level.
The weathermen seem oblivious, claiming that we are below normal for August in temps-having spent 35 Augusts here I will be the first to tell you that Maine is wet and chilly in August. If you don't get your summer in by the end of July you better be ready to wait a year.
We do have micro climates here-our location at the end of the pond with a stream for frontage does give us a lot more moisture this time of year. We also have snow on the ground long past the neighbors, since snow blows off the pond all winter and dumps in our front yard.
The garden is really floundering. The last few years I have sworn that I am going to give up attempting to grow vegetables. We have been harvesting a few purple beans. And a single zuccini. You know things are bad when you have one zuccini by August 20 and no signs of more. The beans and zuccini were very tasty in a homemade pasta alfredo last night.
We have one early girl tomato turning red. No pumpkins setting fruit. The acorn squash look good. One nice stretch of days I made my way into the garden to find the acorn squash had gone nuts and climbed over the early girls and two rows of beans. I waded in and pinched the grasping tendrils of their clutches and hauled the squash vines back in their assigned places.
Yeah, I have been busy and not finishing anything, started trying to repair the torn building paper on the side of the house and went as high as I dared on the ladder and called it off until I could build or beg staging or a higher ladder. The house is 23 feet on that side.
Been working on the subbie, spent 5 hours digging out a clogged EGR pipe thinking for sure that was the cause of the trouble, and had it run worse than ever afterwards. Have some spark plug wires on order since it is not firing at all on number one and barely on number 3 and the coil pack is good, Could be a head gasket, a death knoll for Betsy.
Summer soccer came and went, The Firebird performing well. Tryouts just ended, Captain of the Varsity team. :) And a senior! The college brochures have been pouring in. We are both suffering separation anxiety already.
his senior pictures are coming due, We went across to the dam and down the stream and I took about 50 pictures over two days, and I think we finally found a keeper. I decided to have the Willow snap one of the two of use, rather impromptu, but I knew I would want to hold the moment in my heart.
Tempus Fugit.
1 comment:
Wow so grown up! We have senior around here too. She was suppose to Graduate on her 18th Birthday but things happen and it got pushed off a few months. But reality has hit and she is now doing what needs to be done.
Our summer has been cool till this week.. when we finally hit some real 90's. People complaining about no rain.. umm we usually don't see much rain in July or August.. Kind of a summer thing for Missouri. And we have had lots of rain this summer up till now... My garden has done great thanks to my Muscovy ducks taking care of squash bugs and even blister beetles. But now that the babies are gone I am starting to lose the battle. But have gotten a good amount of stuff to put up. I have been seriously lacking on checking up on my favorite blogs. Been a crazy busy summer.
Great picture of you guys too! :)
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