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Thursday, June 23, 2022

Muy Caliente!

                           Like a lot of the country we're experiencing some unusual weather.  We've had some pretty hot days here!  Temperatures reaching 98-100 degrees with heat indexes up to 105 degrees.  And to make matters worse?  The AC on our truck is very picky about when or not to work.  We aren't traveling to far these days because of that and the price of diesel.  What are fuel prices where you are?  Here diesel is creeping up to $6 a gallon.  $5.91 is the highest we've seen, but as low as $5.84... Just have to get it when we can for as low as we can.  

Do you utilize your local library?  For one it has all manor of reading material,  as a library should.  But they also have movies!  We've been getting three or four a week to entertain us.  We have free TV here, but not many channels to choose from.  Recently we watched all 5 of the Pirate of the Caribbean movies.  We like Pirates!  Even watched an oldie, Cutthroat Island.  This was very amusing.

My potted garden is doing ok.  In this heat I have to water morning and night and watch for wilting plants in the afternoon.  I've been enjoying cucumbers and the local Mockingbird is enjoying my tomatoes!  I have started picking them when they're orange.  I didn't know jalapenos produced so many peppers!  I can't eat them fast enough.  Only had one bell pepper.

The extension to our patio looks a whole lot better than it did!  Jim was a trouper for installing the edging.  We were able to get the mulch locally but getting it spread out was a herculean effort by both of us!  That's about when the higher temperatures started.  But we got er done!




                           Handmade Cards because: 

                No one displays an email on the mantel

or

Shows off a tweet on the refrigerator
or
Saves a Facebook Post in a box of treasures

Total for 2022
187

All Stampin' Up! products.  The Tulip paper has retired but I love it

Flowering Fields from Stampin' Up!  Same paper pack as the Tulips above


These cards are triple folds




Challenge card.  Abigail Rose from Stampin' Up! The white panel is embossed


Used the same layout for these red, white and blue cards


Today it looks like another hot day.  0900 and the temperature is 87.  One nice thing about this area, the humidity falls during the day.  Time for me to water the plants!

All is right in world



                   


Saturday, June 11, 2022

Mid June Already!

We have been busy here on the homestead!  Tires us out, so this blog and other daily chores get swept to the side.

We're both ok but when we do physical things parts of our bodies protest.  At least for me!

As promised this is what our neighbor did on both sides of his site.  We liked it so much we thought we'd do ours.  Stay tuned for those pictures!


The Crepe Myrtles are blooming, they must have gotten a bargain on white ones, because they are everywhere
My plants are doing well, no tomatoes yet but I've picked several jalapenos and cucumbers




                                            Handmade Cards because: 

                No one displays an email on the mantel

or
Shows off a tweet on the refrigerator
or
Saves a Facebook Post in a box of treasures

Total for 2022
172

Finishing up projects.  I keep finding them and trying to get er done!

Stampin' Up! products



a couple cards from the May Paper Pumpkin Kit


Another project that I finished


All is right in our world
but it is getting hotter!