June 18

The weather is wonderful this morning. Clear, cool, dry, sunny, and calm. I went for a short walk this morning, and was amazed at how green it is. All the trees and all the undergrowth are full of green. I had a great walk.

I went to school Monday and picked up the text I will be teaching from this fall. I am going to have to spend some time looking at it and designing a course/assignments over the next month or so.

The weather is supposed to be nice for the next few days. I am thinking about making a trip somewhere while it remains great...Maybe tomorrow?

June 15

It has been quiet here the past week or so. The weather has been moderately warm, making it wiser to remain inside where it is slightly cooler. This morning is the coldest it has been in the last ten days or so, and what is even better, it is raining. I have been up far too long due to an urpy cat on my bed. No laying about when you hear that, especially when you washed your sheets just the day before.

My writing is going along ok lately. Some days I am pleased with my progress, some days it is not so good. Rather manic...

I have no interesting news, due to being stuck inside. I am missing my photo sprees, but hopefully I will get out this week at least once or twice.

June 6

It is five-thirty and the temperature is 77(feels like 79). Heat advisories are out, with the weather people threatening temps near 100 today. Definitely summer. I am sitting out back this morning, and it is pleasant, a slight breeze, noisy birds, no sun, and warm. The only negative is that our ac is not working well, the downstairs heats up, and that means the upstairs unit is unable to cope, so the upstairs heats up as well.

I have made some writing progress the past few days, the panic levels continue to ebb and surge, but at least I am making progress, a little.

Been quiet here the past few days, too hot to make long walks, and I am too lazy to think about other kinds of walks. Maybe next week?

June 4

Today was my mother's birthday, she would have been 88 today.It is also a nephew's birthday, so happy birthday to him as well. Mom used to say the wild roses were blooming on her birthday, and I do hope they are doing so again this year. Feels strange to talk about new blooms so late in the season. Soon the magnolia's will end their season and the crepe myrtle will take over. Rather exciting to always have something blooming here. Just recently our little morning glory that grows in the pot has begun to bloom, four blossoms in total so far. The rest of the plants are doing ok as well it is a green border on our back deck.

Today is a wonderful summer day. It is currently 80 (going to 95) but feels like 87 with humidity. People say it is the humidity that sucks, but I think that is what makes it great. Though I must admit I am glad I do not have to actually do hard labor out in the heat. It would be like working in the boiler rooms all the time. The plants seem to enjoy it though.

New photos from my trip to the arboretum are up (see June 2), and in an hour or so a new photo of the day should magically appear.

June 1

I should be writing, but I have some computer maintenance happening (moving last month's photos to back up drive)along with some photos uploading (check the link to the right) so I thought I would update my blog. It is a new month after all.

Last Tuesday I went down to the arboretum once again. The kinds of flowers that were blooming has changed once again, but there are a lot of them blooming still. There is a huge variety of trees on the site as well, and they have different shaped leaves, and different colored leaves, so even if flowers were not blooming, there would be a lot of interesting plants to ogle.

Other than that the week was quiet. I spent most of my days in my office pretending to work, while really just looking blankly at the screen much of the day. If there were paying jobs for looking blankly at monitors, I likely would be among the best and highly paid. And no, I was not surfing the internet, nor playing video games, just blankly staring at what little I managed to write in the latest Indesign document. My panic level rises with each passing day, only 60 some days left until I start my final term.

Not sure what I will do this week, other than sit and stare at my monitor some more. The forecast looks nice for the week, so I may wander off a bit, though I might not.

I think I will try opening an indd and see if I can get writing as all my morning photos are uploaded. Might be a bit slow yet, but probably fast enough for me.

May 25

Just a quick happy post this morning. I do believe summer has arrived, finally. It is going to be warm today and tomorrow, and for some time to come by the looks of it. But what really makes it feel like summer is the smell of the air outside today. And the bird song, connected with the way the sun is coming up. I love summer, the heat, the humidity, the light...

This morning is gorgeous.