It was another sleepless night last night. The kid, Number 4, and I watched the third Harry Potter movie together, then she crashed on my bed. I wasn’t exactly tired so while she was drifting off to sleep I got online, checked messages at MySpace and Yahoo and then began browsing blogs. This is not a good thing for me to do unless I want to get severely distracted, which I did. I finally tore myself away at sometime after one in the morning.
I will not be able to keep that up when the school year starts.
Upon waking this morning I rolled over and gazed out my bedroom window. The lilac bushes, blooms now long gone, were gently swaying in the breeze. A breeze? A breeze? That was enough to make my day. I thought about how unsual just the presence of the breeze was. It has been a dreadfully, recordbreakingly hot summer. Now, I’m one who enjoys Tucson, Arizona weather in the middle of summer so heat doesn’t usually bother me. I am getting older now and, yes, the body thermostat is changing. The real problem is that I currently live in an old fixer with poor insultation and a feeble air-conditioning unit. It works, but it costs bunches to run and so I’d rather not. On very, very hot days, the kids sleep out in the back yard because it usually ends up being cooler out there at night than in the house, even with the air going and fans on. Needless to say, there have been many nights out under the stars this summer.
But this morning, it was very cool and there was a breeze in the air. In fact, there is still a bit of a breeze in the air. There are puffy white clouds in the sky and clouds have been non-existent for almost six weeks. I’m actually hoping it might rain. Even if it doesn’t, the cooler temperature is boding well for the day. You see, I have plants to put in.
In previous posts you may have heard me mention that I have a great deal of back yard fence that I’d like to plant screen plants or hedges along to create more privacy from the neighbors peeking in while I’m enjoying the hot tub or swimming. The very plants I was looking for were on sale yesterday. They must have received a ton of them at the garden store. I was able to pick up plants that usually run about $10 a gallon container for under $5, four of the plants were only $2 each. They were really full, healthy, plants also. As one who patrols the garden shop for fun, just checking prices and dreaming, I knew this was a great deal. So…I splurged! I didn’t go crazy, but I got enough plants to fill the huge empty space that looks so barren and I picked up a couple of azaleas to go out in the shady corner of the yard. They will fill in the space that looks so desolate in the winter after the peonies die back.
Now, maybe you understand why I was so glad there was a breeze in the air. I have gardening to do!
