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Winter's on its way

Today is the summer solstice, the official first day of summer. And yet, the days will now begin growing shorter again. My mind just can’t see this as anything but the beginning of the long slide back into winter. I’m not in the least ready to give up one minute of daylight. Granted, it’s daylight here at 4:30 in the morning through 9:00 at night, but that’s perfect and nature doesn’t need to go messing with it yet. Why couldn’t the solstice be in mid-July?

The last couple of days have been beautiful and we get another one today and tomorrow before the next rain storm moves in. There’s a sea breeze today so the temps have stayed in the mid-70s. I’ve been outside taking full advantage of it. Getting a lot accomplished, too.

But the funniest thing...all season I’ve been glaring at the grass willing it not to grow. Grass that (I swear) grew, on average, two inches a day. Now that this super little electric lawn mower has moved in, that I love so much I want to invite it to dinner, I want the grass to grow so we can go play. And it’s not growing two inches per day. It’s just sitting there.

Last night I ordered a handsome heavy duty overcoat for the little lawn mower so that the elements don’t harm it. That’s due to arrive on Friday. Nothing but the best for my new buddy. Besides not wanting anything to go wrong with it. I love this thing so much, I can’t tell you.

Gotta go back outside and do stuff. Maybe the grass grew.

Posted on 06/21/06 at 01:03 PM
 




Dave

Glad you’re enjoying the new mower.  I got to mow yesterday before the rains came.  Just about barely on time, since I’m not going to be mowing for the next few days.  You do tend to start enjoy working more, when you’re not fighting the equipment.  Now, if only Windows Server 2003 were as reliable…

United States   Posted by Dave on 06/21/06  at  07:03 PM





Linkmeister

Er, you ordered it? Via mail? To your non-existent mailing address?

Does not compute. wink

United States   Posted by Linkmeister on 06/21/06  at  08:42 PM





Kate

Dave - I am so delighted with the mower. That was a GREAT idea. And the neighbors have been really curious about it, too. They’ve liked what they’ve seen and even wanted to give it turn or two out in the front lawn to see how it handled. We may have converts!

Linkmeister - UPS. To be delivered to my house. UPS is cool as long as they have a valid physical address even though it’s not my mailing address. That’s the issue with the trees I ordered a week and a half ago which are in transit someplace and were supposed to go to the mailbox place. UPS should call my home phone number to inquire about delivery when the trees get here, but I haven’t heard anything yet.

United States   Posted by Kate on 06/21/06  at  09:56 PM





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