It was mild on Saturday and I thought to prune the rest of the roses but it was also drizzly and not even a heavy drizzle but enough that you would be wet enough if you stayed out in it long enough. So I decided to pull all the plumerias and the bird of paradise and the nun's orchid and the star of india and the angel trumpet out of the garage and give everything a good watering and sweep all the leaves and dirt out in an effort to excavate the kiln with an eye to start casting stuff again and so I left it all out on the concrete apron in front of the barn totally exposed to the north because it wasn't supposed to get any colder than a quick dip to 40˚. Then winter came back Saturday night. Of course it did!
The
weather app on my phone sucks.
Went
out Sunday morning at 9 AM in 35˚ with a strong constant north wind
to meet and hear Beto O'Rourke speak outdoors! about the
future we want for the country. 9 AM on a
Sunday morning isn't a great time in this religious republican
town to attract people to his town hall meeting but it was the only
slot available in his very busy schedule. Beto is currently a
representative in Congress and he is running to unseat Ted Cruz as
one of our senators. About 30 of us showed up but I'm uncertain how
many were part of Beto's entourage. I did see a few familiar faces.
We think there are more democrats in this town then conventional
wisdom purports but, as I've said before, this is a mean little town
and the republicans here aren't above punishing democrats who make
themselves known by boycotting their businesses or spreading rumors
or shunning them in social situations. The rare democrat who has the
guts to put a political sign in their yard is brave indeed. Anyway,
it was cold as shit but only lasted about half an hour and
I'm glad I went. I guess I'm going to get more active in the local
scene having signed up and checked the box for volunteering.
And
the rest of the day was cold as shit too and since none of the little
anemone flowers were open because it was wet and gray and cold, we
decided to rent a movie. If you ever saw Kingsman: the Secret Service
and enjoyed it and think you might be tempted to see the sequel,
Kingsman: the Golden Circle...don't. It was really awful.
And
this morning it is 33˚. Did I mention the weather app on my phone
sucks? And that the tropicals are still out on the driveway? I do
think they'll be OK but I should have waited just two more days as we
start a warming trend today. But could I wait two more days? Nooo.
I
did make a little progress on the model Saturday, roughing out two of
the little flowers.
I'm swooning at that art piece. Woman! It's amazing!
ReplyDeleteI'm not putting my plants back outside until I'm absolutely sure it's not going to freeze. I'm not wasting all that energy for nothing.
Good for you for attending that meeting and good for you for signing up to volunteer!
That new piece is amazing. It was 0 today when i got up, yesterday was 20 and with the sun felt almost tempid.
ReplyDeleteI love your little barn. I live in a fairly large city that is largely democrat. I can't imagine what it would be like to live in a town that was predominately republican.
ReplyDeleteI imagine you might be a woman who occasionally puts a sign on her lawn.
I need to talk to management about a little barn like that for my car. One more winter here and I'll be out of a snow shoveler. However, my pine wreath still looks good.
ReplyDeleteWhat you call little progress look gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteWeather is shitty here too. And we are NOT in Texas. It's just normal late winter. Last night I got out of bed to wrap a sheet of insulation plastic around the lemon trees because I had a bad feeling. I was in my PJs and barefoot in the freezing garden.
I see that your Texas plumeria look just as stricken and leafless as ours. That gives me hope.
even down here the plumerias go dormant and lose all their leaves. I had one planted in the ground once when it got too big to bring in. it grew for about 8 years, turned into the tree they are and bloomed profusely and then we had a terrible winter when it stayed in the 20˚s for two weeks and it died. I did take cuttings though.
DeleteCold and colder then warm here too and nary a drop of rain. Ted Cruz is the worst of the worst.
ReplyDeleteIt was so cold and wet here today. They say it's going to warm, but along with the warmth comes the fog and drizzle. I guess I don't care. I'm pretty tired of cold. My Hawaiian schefflera did fine outside during the last snap, but I brought in my favorite cactus. I know -- cactus are supposed to be able to take the cold, but I've raised this one from a baby, and I'll be darned if I'm going to let winter get to it!
ReplyDeleteyeah, I didn't think cactuses would freeze either and so lost 3 of my 5 little ones last year when we had that surprise deep freeze in March. this year I brought the survivors in. and yeah, I'm tired of this cold weather too.
DeleteOh no! That is a drag about the plants. Is your photo taken after the cold snap? If so, they don't look too damaged. Hopefully they'll be OK. Winter is so unpredictable! I've never heard of Beto O'Rourke but if he's going up against Ted I'm all for him.
ReplyDeletetaken after. they seem to have weathered it just fine.
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