Whoops!

The air in my office is broken and it was so hot (my thermometer registered a shade under 90 degrees Fahrenheit!) that a) my computer died and b) I was fairly par-boiled, myself!  When I got home to the relative cool of a basement room, I stretched out to cool off and just woke up this morning!  So, my apologies for "missing" my Thursday posting.

I had it all lined up to share, so here are the initials of another buddy, SB - whaddya think?

I hope it WAS a Happy Thursday! ;-)

Revisiting Fairyland

Well, Southern Ontario is starting to feel a bit more akin to Southern Sudan as far as temperature goes!  It's really, REALLY hot!  You know how people prepare for 100 year scenarios - such as 100 year flood level, 100 year rains, 100 year gale, etc?  Well, apparently day after tomorrow is to be a 100 year HEAT around here - one of the hottest days recorded in the past century!  Wow!  Makes me want to peel my skin off to cool down [insert nightmare-inspiring image here] and to think I prefer temps in the mild/moderate range.... *sigh*  50 - 68 degrees Fahrenheit suits me to a "t"!

Thinking that the fairies themselves may need to lighten up and let a bit more air through their bower, I've done Carol's challenge again.  I found myself fancying a wafting, cool breeze lifting the ribbons to let the fairies dance through....

Happy Tuesday!

Drying Out....

Thank goodness the temperature has gone down and the breeze has come up, dealing most effectively with the humidity and brain-destroying heat that has had me down for the past bit.  It really came up suddenly this year!  Usually we have a couple of weeks of wind-up that helps to prepare for the summer season to come but not this year.  Oh no, this year just HAD to be different and did a full-on DUMP of summer weather in one fell (and foul!) swoop!  At least we now know what to expect and are stocking up on water, sunscreen and wading pools!  Is there anything more sublime than having a personal pool to cool down in summer time?  The dollar store has itty bitty baby pools that inflate and hold just enough water to cool down an overheated adult - the perfect way to while away an hour or so reading during a heat wave.  The gardens are pretty happy with things as they are - the rain of the earlier spring coupled with the sun now beating down has brought everything up at once.  It's pretty nice to see how lush the yard and gardens are...

Happy Thursday!