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Summer, with a vengance
Jun. 22nd, 2009 05:00 pmI turned my air conditioning on today. It feels odd to type that--for the years I spent in my old apartment, I didn't have any. This was by choice--it came with a window unit, but I took it out wen I moved in (which was in November) and never bothered to put it back in again. I was on the first floor, and there was a very large tree to the south shading me, so I decided not to bother. There were some very hot days each summer, but I did all right.
My new apartment is on the top floor, with no trees tall enough to shade it. (There are three apple trees in the front yard, and I look down on them from my living room window.) When I came home this afternoon the temperature was 91 F (33C) and the heat index was 104 F (40 C) and the first thing I did was turn on the air. I shudder to think of what this is going to do to my electric bill, but tomorrow is supposed to be even hotter and I wanted to get things cooled down overnight.
My garden is in need of weeding, staking, and other important tasks. But between the rain (we got a brief thunderstorm this morning that dropped over half an inch of rain on us in about 30 minutes) and the heat I had no interest in it today.
I did go out and harvest some snap peas for my dinner, which I devoured raw. This shows how very, very predictable I am, because as a child I would wander out to the garden in the back yard, pick all the ripe peas and eat them raw right there. I talked to Mom about this a few years ago and she said that no pea ever made it into the house to be cooked. I suppose I could feel guilty, but--isn't it a good thing when a child likes vegetables?
Despite the heat, if I can get two days running when it doesn't rain I need to go tie up the tomatoes. They are starting to get nice big fruits on them, and I don't want to lose any.
My new apartment is on the top floor, with no trees tall enough to shade it. (There are three apple trees in the front yard, and I look down on them from my living room window.) When I came home this afternoon the temperature was 91 F (33C) and the heat index was 104 F (40 C) and the first thing I did was turn on the air. I shudder to think of what this is going to do to my electric bill, but tomorrow is supposed to be even hotter and I wanted to get things cooled down overnight.
My garden is in need of weeding, staking, and other important tasks. But between the rain (we got a brief thunderstorm this morning that dropped over half an inch of rain on us in about 30 minutes) and the heat I had no interest in it today.
I did go out and harvest some snap peas for my dinner, which I devoured raw. This shows how very, very predictable I am, because as a child I would wander out to the garden in the back yard, pick all the ripe peas and eat them raw right there. I talked to Mom about this a few years ago and she said that no pea ever made it into the house to be cooked. I suppose I could feel guilty, but--isn't it a good thing when a child likes vegetables?
Despite the heat, if I can get two days running when it doesn't rain I need to go tie up the tomatoes. They are starting to get nice big fruits on them, and I don't want to lose any.
