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And it will not top 100 again this week. We're back to more typical 4th of July weather. Casualty, one tree, and several bushes which may not recover. We'll give them til next spring to see if they rebound. Rhodies don't readily replace leaves once lost. But at least...

with a little cooldown Monday, then right back up in the 100's by next week late. Tricities gets 109. I am only glad we are not in the Tricities. We are VERY glad of our patio canopies. It renders broiling into a gentle bake.

An update however is saying that there is a chance it will 'only' get to 102. But Tri-Cities is forecast for 109. That's brutal. Still, folk down in the Tricities (Pasco, Kennewick, Richland) swear they like heat. Not so much, us up here in Spokane. They're saying...

An update however is saying that there is a chance it will 'only' get to 102. But Tri-Cities is forecast for 109. That's brutal. Still, folk down in the Tricities (Pasco, Kennewick, Richland) swear they like heat. Not so much, us up here in Spokane. They're saying...

I swear, everything we get from Ace breaks. The plumbing parts? Bought a PVC to hose connector? Broke right off when attaching a hose. Tool handles break. What kind of industry machines a sound, metal blade, and attaches it to a handle that's going to bend and break...

She has now tackled hard-piping the front water feature. The hose gave way and created a mess. We think there were two problems, a rock that had fallen against the float-cutoff mechanism, and a split in the hose. So every time you turned on the hose the float would...

Today...she is sunburned and headachy. And it leaks. There is a split in the hose somewhere about halfway along its length.

United puts passengers in military barracks in Goose Bay Once upon a con, I waited for nearly 6 hours in Toronto while Canada's Eastern attempted to roll up one working plane to send to Halifax. Little did I know that legendarily the union feud within Eastern was so...

Today's gardening? Juniper bush. I think it was original to the house, ca 1954. It had spread, from a central trunk about 10" in diameter, to a woody mass about 5 feet in diameter, and had radiated out branches each as thick as a lady's wrist, about 8 in number to a...

...the computer failed a Windows update this morning. My fault, probably. I told it to close the Update screen, since it listed that as one of the programs that was stalling its operation. It didn't like that. Glory-oski. Jane helpfully got me an info screen on the...

Trying to help Jane in the garden in the early, early morning while it's cool---I can't spend all day parked in a chair, and I figure it will help my concentration to get a little stretch. The Night Terror is such an odd duck...our half-Bengal. Cross him and he'll...

THis is one where I know where it goes. Trying to keep up with exercise, stick to the diet, maintain pond and yard, and be brilliant when I hit the keyboard.