JUDY DROPPED OFF HER HEARING AIDS TO GET REFURBISHED. NOW I HAVE TO TALK TO HER IN ALL CAPS FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS OR SHE WON’T HEAR WHAT I’M SAYING!
And still
The hummingbird infestation persists.
The recipe
Egg cartons. Soft puffy cardboard. Maybe add in a paper towel cardboard core. Shred by hand and place in bowl. Add hot water from the tap and let stand.
Some hours later, smush it a bit with your hands, stir with your fingers, and call it good.
The result? Compostable cardboard mush. Take it outside and dump it in the compost tumblers with the shredded yard clippings.
Along the way
Roadside flowers.
Yay
We have real air conditioning again!
When we got home from our July trip, the air didn’t work at all. A repair guy got it running by that evening, but we realized after a couple days it wasn’t running at full output. As the outside temperature went up from the 90s to the 100s, the inside temperature went up from the 70s to the 80s. First World problem, right? It didn’t seem that bad, so we rode it out for a while, waiting for the heat wave to pass. Well now we’ve had over 80 days this summer of triple digit temperatures with no end in sight. (The old record was 62 days.) Once we decided to get the AC fixed, it took some time to get it diagnosed properly and another 10 days for the critical part to arrive.
Today. Full air conditioning. We set the indoor temperature. It stays there. Most excellent!