It was about 65˚
out there this morning when I got up and the doors are/were open. It
was pleasant out there yesterday too. I guess that's saying something
when mid 80˚s seems like a respite from the heat. And it's overcast
today which helps. We're supposed to stay mostly in the 80s the rest
of this week and Saturday they are predicting a high of 69˚! I'll
believe it when I feel it. It will be short lived at any rate.
I've been
waiting for these few days and so I got out there this morning with
the gas trimmer and tackled the way overgrown little backyard and
around all the flower beds and the ends of the culvert under the
driveway and I almost finished before I ran out of gas.
out of gas
I've also been
engaging in my fall activity, the picking up of pecans. The ones that
survived the drought of summer are pretty and heavy so I think it
will be a good crop.
I collect pecans
from three different types of trees, two different natives (two
trees), center and right, which I collect to sell and a hybrid (three
trees) which I shell for consumption and sell the excess.
So then I
collected under all 5 trees, watered all the pots and set up the
sprinkler, rinsed out and refilled the hummingbird feeders, and I've
sat at my desk and watched the cardinals, chickadees, and
hummingbirds come to the feeders.
I've overcome my
feeling of ennui somewhat. I've worked on a couple little thumbnail
sketches for possible pieces in my sketchbook, something I haven't
opened for almost a year and mostly my sketchbook is in my head but
I'm trying to change that though not very hard apparently, and made
some more color samples, and a base for a blue jay feather
and mixed some
colors together for a another test of the lichen, found the wax
reproduction mold for the small round box for a new piece or two
which may or may not include small items made with the modeling
glass. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with this material,
how to make it work for me, besides the feathers which I like. So
while I've been busier, I'm not really excited about anything yet.
I'm ready to try to salvage the heron box and get done with it, so
maybe that can get done with the next spate of pleasant weather. I'm
not completely happy with the feet but haven't been able to come up
with anything different. Unless, no feet though I like to give my
boxes some 'lift'.
A few final
small details...it is fall, as mentioned, but we can't count on the
temperature to tell us this. Instead I notice that the mississippi
kites are gone, the hummingbirds have migrated through, the goldenrod
is blooming, the pecans are falling, and the rain trees are blooming.
I'm liking our days, high sixties, low seventies. Down to forty at night! It is warm enough in the days to get me out watering my mandevillas and the bulbs. I don't know if I should be watering the bulbs; I just feel guilty knowing they're in there and I should. I had a flu shot this morning, and was so sleepy by afternoon, I slept it away. That bothers me too. I'll give it one more year before I decide to swear off for another ten years.
ReplyDeleteIt was so nice out this morning that I over stayed my time out and before I knew it I was sitting in the sun. I'm not sure for how long but it sure felt nice. I don't care about the consequences. If I'm out so what. I'll deal with the pain and fatigue when it happens. I can't wait until the second front comes through on Friday afternoon. They are saying the temps will dron by 20 degrees.
ReplyDeleteThe lovely seventies (nighttime 50’s) are here also. I no longer have excuses for putting things off. I have some of my summer gardens cleaned up and a fall garden planted. There is so much more to do, but rain is predicted for the rest of the week. Another reprieve.
ReplyDeleteStill getting to the high eighties, lower nineties here but in the sixties at night. No real break in sight.
ReplyDeleteI just can't get excited about anything right now. The ennui is still upon me.
Ugh.
Yay for cooler weather! I thought you said, "I'm ready to try to SAVAGE the heron box and get done with it..." All righty then!
ReplyDeleteNice photo of you! Our weather is definitely fallish - with reasonable days and cool nights. Of course, we are getting all the rain we needed in the summer - nature can be so perverse. My energy level is low, due mostly, I think, to the fact that our days are getting so damn short.
ReplyDeleteAll we seem to be getting at the moment is rain. I like and eat a lot of nuts as they are one of the things I'm allowed to eat.
ReplyDeleteYour goldenrod is so big. We have the Liliput sister here.
ReplyDeleteHope it cools down as promised.
that's not goldenrod. that's the raintree flowers. although the goldenrod is tall. it's in one of my neighbor's yards but to take a good picture of it I'd have to stand on my crazy neighbor's property.
DeleteI'm trying to find my way into a project, too. Maybe it's a Taurus thing.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like we really are going to get a front, and a thirty-degree drop from right now to tomorrow night. I'm having a wisdom tooth pulled tomorrow, so a day or two of staying inside and waiting for all things weatherish to calm down will be just the ticket. I found a wonderful Duranta at Maas nursery, and brought it home. For $10, I couldn't resist. I need to get it more water tonight, and move it into a corner, away from the wind. I don't know much about them, but I suspect it would like a bit of protection, being in a pot and not so very large.
ReplyDeletegolden dew drop. I had one in Houston planted in the ground, got afternoon sun and the thing got huge. I only had one wisdom tooth and it wasn't even a whole tooth, one point with one root.
DeleteGoldenrod was always a reliable indicator of fall when I lived in Florida. I miss seeing it -- we don't have it in England, at least not in any quantity.
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