Accuweather predicts that our high temperature today, around 6:00 pm, will be 38ºC (that's 100.4ºF).
The weather guy on our Télématin morning show is predicting the same.
Here's a photo of the blackberry bramble that is taking over the pond out behind our back gate.
The village owns it, but nobody seems to be trying to keep it under control.
Meanwhile, our hydrangeas (hortensia) have enjoyed all the rain we've had for two years now.
They have doubled in height and are threatening to take over the front of our house.
Another invasive plant, though not as aggressive, is what we call "hens and chicks" (sempervivum or joubarbe). They are easier to contain than the millepertuis is. I've also been collecting rocks. For years. I found pots and pots of them in the greenhouse. As part of the "let's empty the greenhouse" project I hauled all the pots of rocks outdoors and then decided that rather than paint the window sill on the back side of the house, I'd just store rocks up there this summer. I think I'm fascinated by rocks because where I grew up on the North Carolina coast, we didn't have any rocks. The land was all sand.
The weather guy on our Télématin morning show is predicting the same.
Here's a photo of the blackberry bramble that is taking over the pond out behind our back gate.The village owns it, but nobody seems to be trying to keep it under control.
Meanwhile, our hydrangeas (hortensia) have enjoyed all the rain we've had for two years now.
They have doubled in height and are threatening to take over the front of our house.
Another invasive plant, though not as aggressive, is what we call "hens and chicks" (sempervivum or joubarbe). They are easier to contain than the millepertuis is. I've also been collecting rocks. For years. I found pots and pots of them in the greenhouse. As part of the "let's empty the greenhouse" project I hauled all the pots of rocks outdoors and then decided that rather than paint the window sill on the back side of the house, I'd just store rocks up there this summer. I think I'm fascinated by rocks because where I grew up on the North Carolina coast, we didn't have any rocks. The land was all sand.
I'm glad to know about the rocks. Now I know where your niece and great nieces get it from. They all love rocks and have a rock display in the yard. Love the flowers too but we don't have any of those.
ReplyDeleteI don't know who you are, and I didn't know that my niece and great nieces collected and displayed rocks. My grandfather and my mother were born in a town called Rock Hill, SC, just south of Charlotte, NC, but my mother only lived there for a few years before moving back to Morehead City, NC, where my grandmother Mary D. Willis was from. I was fascinated by the rocky soil in Rock Hill in the 1960s when we went there to visit our mother's family. Why don't you have flowers where you are?
DeleteWas that you, Joanna?
DeleteI have never thought about there not being rocks at the shore towns!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow, that is hot. Everyone seems to be in for this heat this week.... Mitchell was saying it was hitting 104F and 107F, I see that it is supposed to hit 100F in Boston on Tuesday, and just about that in New Jersey, where my other sister lives. Here, too... already 90F at 8am this morning.
100.4 wow! Hot tamale. Your hydrangeas look lovely - one of my favorite flowers.
ReplyDeleteIt's only going to 91 here today in the heart of Dixie.
ReplyDeleteIt’s rainy and cold here in the Okanagan Valley BC. At noon here it’s +12C (53F) with an expected overnight low of +8C (47F). Very unusual for my part of the world right now but it beats having wildfires from dry conditions and lightening strikes. More of the same tomorrow for which I had planned an outdoor dinner party. The forecast said it was supposed to be +26C (78F) when I scheduled this little shindig. Oh well, best laid plans and all that. We will carry on rain or shine. C
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