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This whole trapped inside by the heat thing is getting old but, fortunately, it's supposed to give us a bit of a break late today with a possibility of rain and it will hopefully drop back into the 80's after that. Tomorrow the heat index might only be 87°F, yay! Also a 60% chance of rain, which would be good at this point.
So, yes, this heat is making for a cranky Blue. I'm wildly unproductive under these conditions, despite the fact that there are things that need doing inside. It's something about having to be in here that just leaves me rebellious and sulky - very five-year-old of me, isn't it? The pups are ready to do away with summer all together as the heat is even harder on them, especially River and her allergies. Jack usually makes it out for border patrol in the early morning, then they both take a few minutes to sniff around about mid-day (and by few minutes I mean 5, tops, in River's case), and then, if we're all lucky, they actually get some outside time and maybe even a trip down the road to D's mom's house (and her woods) round about 9:30 PM.
Meanwhile, Bangkok approves of me being more conveniently located of late and has taken over the nightstand.
There are things that we've managed to accomplish, though, and I say 'we' because I have to include the fact that D's (FINALLY) in the process of putting up my clothesline. D has the posts and bags of concrete ready! All that's left is digging holes when it's not blisteringly hot out. Since he's working 4 10-hour days this week (this month? he has a new job - same type just different place - so I'm not sure yet), I'm assuming he'll wait until the possibility of rain has passed and maybe finish it up on Sunday. I've managed some random canning - the extra black raspberry juice that was still in jars in the fridge is now shelf stable so that I can make up future jelly batches at my leisure, and some extra cherry juice has been reduced down for pouring over pancakes or ice cream. The cherry juice is from the holiday weekend - I opened a few jars of the cherries in light syrup to make a cobbler for a potluck. I drained off the cherries and added some cinnamon and almond extract to the syrup, then thickened it with a bit of cornstarch before adding some back to fruit, putting pastry cut out in star shapes on top, and baking it. The extra juice/syrup went into the fridge at the time, but now that's reduced a bit further and processed so it's not taking up refrigerator space until I'm ready to use it.
Out in the garden, things are growing despite the heat.
Food for next winter! These would be dry beans. Nothing to do now but let them hang out until fall.
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So, yes, this heat is making for a cranky Blue. I'm wildly unproductive under these conditions, despite the fact that there are things that need doing inside. It's something about having to be in here that just leaves me rebellious and sulky - very five-year-old of me, isn't it? The pups are ready to do away with summer all together as the heat is even harder on them, especially River and her allergies. Jack usually makes it out for border patrol in the early morning, then they both take a few minutes to sniff around about mid-day (and by few minutes I mean 5, tops, in River's case), and then, if we're all lucky, they actually get some outside time and maybe even a trip down the road to D's mom's house (and her woods) round about 9:30 PM.
Meanwhile, Bangkok approves of me being more conveniently located of late and has taken over the nightstand.
There are things that we've managed to accomplish, though, and I say 'we' because I have to include the fact that D's (FINALLY) in the process of putting up my clothesline. D has the posts and bags of concrete ready! All that's left is digging holes when it's not blisteringly hot out. Since he's working 4 10-hour days this week (this month? he has a new job - same type just different place - so I'm not sure yet), I'm assuming he'll wait until the possibility of rain has passed and maybe finish it up on Sunday. I've managed some random canning - the extra black raspberry juice that was still in jars in the fridge is now shelf stable so that I can make up future jelly batches at my leisure, and some extra cherry juice has been reduced down for pouring over pancakes or ice cream. The cherry juice is from the holiday weekend - I opened a few jars of the cherries in light syrup to make a cobbler for a potluck. I drained off the cherries and added some cinnamon and almond extract to the syrup, then thickened it with a bit of cornstarch before adding some back to fruit, putting pastry cut out in star shapes on top, and baking it. The extra juice/syrup went into the fridge at the time, but now that's reduced a bit further and processed so it's not taking up refrigerator space until I'm ready to use it.
Out in the garden, things are growing despite the heat.
Food for next winter! These would be dry beans. Nothing to do now but let them hang out until fall.
( More Pictures )
