Summer is settling in here. We should see our first 100 F day this week and with a little luck we will climb over it. The crepe myrtyles are blooming, though the ones in our yard are just starting. If we had okra we would likely be about to pick our first ones. The barley is being harvested, the corn is looking good, and the sorghum is getting tall. All the rain this spring has left everything green, though I suspect that will change as it warms up.
We had a wee turtle visit a couple weeks ago. The first time I saw it was when I was running the grass whip. As I was making my usual casual sideways sweeps, I saw this green rock and was about to clear the weeds around it when I realized it was a turtle. We greeted each other the next day as I was about to step out the front door to get the mail. It took the whole day to make it around the house. A day or so later, I saw it again near the garage door. It must have been hiding in our big tall weeds/bushed near the front door. I have not seen it since then, so I hope it has managed to move on to more hospitable environs. The lizard that harasses Charlie is still around, I saw him scurrying about yesterday as I was dragging the lawn mower and whip out of the garage.
Work is about the same. They keep me hopping when I am there and add the occasional extra hours here and there, but nothing more. C keeps on working, though she did do some driving yesterday. First time she went fast in years. She was nervous and all, but she did fine.
The plants I repotted after we moved to our new place have survived and in some cases thrived. I am very happy that all three of our hibiscus are alive and well. C is a bit disgruntled with the basil as it keeps getting spider mites or some kind of mold an is struggling. Likely due to being to close to the hibiscuses.
How weird, a woman just walked into the library who looks exactly like Mrs. Brown, Barb's fourth grade teacher. Of course, it has been 40 or more years since I last saw her, so the resemblance is likely not all that striking. Curious, I wonder what we recognize in faces that makes us think of someone else.
I am working my last shift at the used book store for the friends for the summer. I did not sign up for any shifts over the summer as my work hours are in flux and I did not want to have to be making changes, or missing real work, every little bit. I must admit, I won't miss this place. It has been very slow lately and I have no idea why that might be. Maybe as the weather warms up more people will show up at the library to stay cool. Maybe not.
I did get in a great deal of continuing ed this past week. I was very grateful to my employers for allowing me to attend the classes. I still think they are being very good to me.
