tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post3013540340054555766..comments2024-03-24T14:37:32.309-04:00Comments on Morning's Minion: The Rainy SeasonMorning's Minionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-72857753128764320842016-08-14T15:46:47.036-04:002016-08-14T15:46:47.036-04:00Mundi; The weather seems stuck in a pattern of hea...Mundi; The weather seems stuck in a pattern of heat and humidity with the attendant discomforts. <br />I think tomato blight is becoming a liability wherever we happen to garden--it is a serious threat here in KY.<br />The heat will pass [!] and we can hope for a long and leisurely autumn.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-73215902813453201832016-08-14T08:43:01.593-04:002016-08-14T08:43:01.593-04:00Any complaints I might have had about the lack of ...Any complaints I might have had about the lack of rain are now old news. 85% humidity and temps in the high eighties for days on end have resulted in some very serious indolence. Our rain gauge tells us that we have made up nearly all of the defecit. No air conditioning in the house but we do have a fan in the bedroom and that is sufficient. No point in trying to work in the garden so I've been trying to keep up with the deadheading and snipping off the tomato leave afflicted with late blight. This too shall pass!Mundihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07048955416282561932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-20009170815171787792016-08-07T14:56:44.644-04:002016-08-07T14:56:44.644-04:00Jennie; No end in sight for the daily showers whic...Jennie; No end in sight for the daily showers which are keeping us too wet here. <br />I suspect that 'pottering about' could become a way of life for me--perhaps this is due to incipient 'old age' rather than a lingering effect of flu [?]Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-78891045139324743312016-08-07T14:54:31.258-04:002016-08-07T14:54:31.258-04:00Luna; I tell myself that I'm wasting time on &...Luna; I tell myself that I'm wasting time on 'news' that is a rehashing of current events--with no real way of determining what is truth and what is a calculated 'spin.' And, as you say, nothing we can do about any of it. <br />I'm really trying to strike a balance between being somewhat informed as opposed to obsessed! Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-70777912213473632552016-08-07T09:44:54.632-04:002016-08-07T09:44:54.632-04:00I too, have spent much too much time, on "the...I too, have spent much too much time, on "the news." About which I can do nothing! But it is also so hard, to wean myself from it. -sigh-<br /><br />I get to feeling that I am "fiddling while Rome burns" and etc.<br /><br />And yet, I myself can do nothing, about any/all of the things, which so inflame my mind.<br /><br />So.... Wisdom says leave it alone.<br /><br />Oh sigh... I know. I know. And I am. (mostly) And I will continue to do so. (I hope.)<br /><br />-big, big sigh-Beside a babbling brook...https://www.blogger.com/profile/14230422491225783790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-41744096898716938862016-08-07T08:15:31.450-04:002016-08-07T08:15:31.450-04:00It feels like autumn here already, though we had a...It feels like autumn here already, though we had a lovely sunny day yesterday. We've not had a lot of heavy rain (apart from one night) but we have had it far too regularly in the past week or so.<br /><br />When you have had flu it takes some getting over and I hope your pottering about and then taking your ease is helping you get better. Lovely to have family visit and enjoy their company for a while.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-66375710800233974402016-08-06T16:32:13.635-04:002016-08-06T16:32:13.635-04:00Rowan; At this point I need to look the other way ...Rowan; At this point I need to look the other way when walking past the garden--it is too disheartening to squelch about and attempt a salvage operation.<br />Thank heaven for books and air conditioning inside!Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-13357214947167425092016-08-06T16:29:43.752-04:002016-08-06T16:29:43.752-04:00Janet; Isn't it odd that uncomfortable amounts...Janet; Isn't it odd that uncomfortable amounts of humidity exist even when it hasn't just rained? It feels as though we could reach up, grab a handful of air and squeeze it like a sponge!Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-7155366512828821942016-08-06T16:28:07.309-04:002016-08-06T16:28:07.309-04:00Thelma; An article posted in our local on-line new...Thelma; An article posted in our local on-line news source informed us this week that July had brought a 'record' rainfall. Hadn't we guessed?<br />I like your word--'fraught'--a good description of the unsettled feelings that bombard us during times of transition--even when we have orchestrated the changes.<br />Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-61768557153749694192016-08-06T16:24:36.702-04:002016-08-06T16:24:36.702-04:00Jan; I am determined to wean myself from the recen...Jan; I am determined to wean myself from the recently acquired 'news' habit. Surely I could use that time more creatively.<br />Is there ever a season with the perfect balance of rain and no-rain!Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-42716793740388353452016-08-06T11:59:43.575-04:002016-08-06T11:59:43.575-04:00Staying indoors and pottering about is the only se...Staying indoors and pottering about is the only sensible thing to do in the kind of temperatures that you seem to be having. Energy and enthusiasm will return with the cooler autumn days:)Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-56255792972375450622016-08-05T19:45:10.140-04:002016-08-05T19:45:10.140-04:00We've had rain only once in the last 2 weeks. ...We've had rain only once in the last 2 weeks. Just heat and humidity. I miss my garden, but the heat won't let me outdoors to do much. I'm so looking forward to fall.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-53067414344653766952016-08-05T15:21:52.331-04:002016-08-05T15:21:52.331-04:00We need rain as well, weather has been very windy ...We need rain as well, weather has been very windy and drying. I think this mid summer period is a bit disheartening, our creativity suddenly goes missing and there is a feeling that life is on a downturn. I get fraught by the closing down of accounts for the cottage which is sold now, thought I would be happy at the end of it!thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-86918318808943632352016-08-05T10:23:23.701-04:002016-08-05T10:23:23.701-04:00Wish we could have some of that rain! I am avoidin...Wish we could have some of that rain! I am avoiding any political news-makes me feel anxious and depressed. I'm trying to just concentrate on the day to day things of family and home. Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10314254638454546970noreply@blogger.com