HAPPY NEW WEEK and HAPPY NEW MONTH and HAPPY NEW MOON!
The new moon (the dark moon) is Monday in the UK/US. It's also Labor Day in the US. That's the unofficial first day of autumn here.
I have no wildlife stories or personal news to impart. I spent the past week sitting on my bed and perspiring. We broke our daily records for high heat and humidity, and I accomplished nothing except watching the corn sweat.
Yes, corn "sweats". When the temps and humidity are this high, the corn takes in and releases water to keep itself cool. A single stalk of corn can release over 4 cups of water per day. An acre of corn can release 4,000 gallons of water in a day. My area has massive corn farms. They all had dense fog full of moisture hanging over the fields. The scene looked apocalyptic.
The poor wildlife were miserable.
I am making a To-Do list for next week, because we are supposed to cool down, and I'll be able to move and breathe. :-)
Everyone have a good week. Hugs and love to you all.
Thank you, Wendy. I enjoyed that!!
Rusty - Hopefully the midge season will be almost over by now. July and August are the worst. Not sure they quite understand insect repellent - there are so many of them! And good luck with the sun cream ... hope you manage to use it.
It does come to those that wait & wait. IT HAS HAPPENED. Nursing Home offer for OH on Friday morn, Dau#2 & I visited & accepted that afternoon, I broke the news to OH Sat morn. He moved in Monday morn. Dau#1 transferred him & I met them there with his “baggage”. It is a 25 min drive for me, further than I like but places are scarce. Dau is slightly closer, so perhaps good thing when I cannot drive any more. It is a large complex, all ground floor, all single rooms with en suite. His room is sunny with a view of garden. I noticed a variety of sitting rooms – quiet, TV or bingo. They do the laundry (YEAY). I hope he settles; I am going out for a coffee date this morn.
LINDA – Happy Birthday. I remembered before the day and intended to post but time disappeared! Glad you are getting lots of relaxing time.