Goodafternoon everybody.
Our weather is a bit up and down, but not really summer temperatures. We have around 19-21C in our area, which is a bit low for now. Here and there some rain, but also periods with sun, little windy too at times. Would be nice if it soon will get a little bit warmer, so we could enjoy our patio a bit more.
It is very bad in Southern Europe and part of Turkey too with very big and fearce fires, and they have temperatures of 338-40C or even bit higher. It is really sad too see all the nature destroyed.
Last Monday I finally went to my haridresser too have shortcut again. Oh my, how wonderful that feeling is and easy too comb in the morning. I did wait far too long to make that appointment, but now I am settled again for a month or two I think.
For tomorrow I already have something on the planner. This morning I wanted to make some coffe, I still have an "old-fashioned"coffeemaker with paper filter and a drip stop. All worked well for a long time, but this morning suddenly the dripstop fell off and I cannot get it fixed again. Well, it isn't such a big thing,I can put back the dripstop when I quickly also put back the coffecan under it. Only if I want to pour some coffee, yes, the dripstop fells off, hahaha. It will do for today. Tomorrow I will buy us a new one, but one for less cups of coffee, we can do with one for around 6 cups, no need to have one for 12 or 15.
What else did happen this week? Not too much, we watched quite a lot of the Olympics, there are events also live during daytime (our time). It is nice that we can do it if we want too. But in between all, I did some of the usual stuff, not interesting too tell about.
Our tomatoes are really becoming tomatoes. Still rather small, but they need a bit more warmth and also sunshine I guess. So it will take still some weeks before we can harvest a tomatoe. I noticed however that we will have a few beans. The plant flowered and I saw that already a few beans are shaling from it. I don;t expect to have a big harvest, I even wonder if it will be enough for us for one meal, LOL. But it was a try, and now that I now they grow rather well in a big pot, I can plant a bit more next year. Usually I am rather animal friendly, I could say, but that doesn;t include slugs. They do well in this weather with some rain, some sun, they like it and it is visible early evening and also very late. It depends a bit on their mood I guess. Sometimes I am in the kitchen at around 8 p.m. to make some coffee, look into the garden and see them crawling all over the stones. And then I am a very bad person suddenly. I go out with a small plastic bag and an old pair of sugartongs and try to pick up as much as I see. sorry for them, but I hate it when they eat too much plants and I don;t want them to lay too many eggs. Sometimes I do it early evening and again much later(then I'll have to go out with a small flashlight). But I am convinced there are enough survivers left, it's almost impossible to find them all. It is however funny when I am slughunting, I very often meet with one or two toads, and this week I noticed even three, so they made a family, LOL. There are less frogs now in or garden, although we still have the tiny pond and it seems there still is at times a frogg living in it, but I didn;t see any young ones. Perhaps the spawn was eaten, who knows?
Well, thias is about all about our not so imteresting life at the moment. But you know by this post that we are still in more or less good order, hahaha, and perhaps next week there will be some more exciting news, you'll never know.
I will go and watch a little bit Olympics again(it is nice now because there is quite some athletics at the moment), and then soon I must start with dinner, we will have a small ham of the bone, have to put it in the oven, and I think I will put in some potatoes to roast with it and make fresh applesauce.
Wishing you all a wonderful week, till next time.
3 comments:
Happy shopping for a new coffee pot. I have a small one but I only use it when I have company and they want pot coffee. I mostly just use the instant coffee and the microwave. Thank goodness for the microwave. What would I have done without it? hahahaha.
I'm so glad you were able to get a new hair cut. I need one too but I just never get around to making an appointment. I had to laugh just thinking about you out on your patio in the dark hunting for slugs. You go girl!
It's good that both you and Jan are doing well healthwise. Now I hope you both get to enjoy your patio for several more weeks. I was thinking that I might try planting a bean plant next year. Hmm, we'll see.
Now I'm off to do some blog reading. You have a wonderful week my friend, big hugs, Edna B.
I'm sorry to hear about the fires. It seems the whole world is in turmoil.
Did you know you can put a shallow bowl of beer out and the slugs will fall in and drown. We had some once and that is what we did. Might not be useful if there are lots but it does work.
I was going to get my hair cut also after 2 months and then I came down with a horrible migraine. So that got postponed. It feels so good when it is short and manageable.
You are having not good weather and we are plagued with drought and forest fires. Smoky outside every day and we live in the city.
Hope this finds you both well.
Dawn
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