We are having insane thunder storms. After midnight, we woke up to a huge storm which seemed to last forever. All of the mullein plants I showed you yesterday are flat on the ground. They’re just too tall and spindly to withstand lashing wind and rain. My hollyhock was also bent over this morning. I’ve temporarily braced it, but I need to tie it to the trellis that’s in the pot. Forget the hydrangeas. They’ve been pummeled.
It’s depressing and there are more storms coming today and tomorrow.
It’s humid and sticky and thundery and we are over it.
I started a new painting – just the basic outline of the piece of pottery, which I now realize I’ll have to tweak after viewing it from afar.
Meanwhile, my big concern during all of these heat warnings and storms and wind is mama robin, but so far, she seems to be handling it. She was sitting on the eggs when I got up this morning.
We’re in the process of buying a ring light and a background screen for audition videos – most of which are self-taped these days. We live in a small house with very little available wall space and the wall space that is available is often in a too dark part of the house. So we’re buying these things as an investment. Today we drive to the dreaded Walmart to pick up the ring light. Points, however, to Walmart; they made this transaction very simple and easy. Tomorrow a screen will be delivered and we’ll tape Don’s audition.
Oy.
That’s it my friends – I have to grab some breakfast and then we’re off to Walmart – just over the mountain ridge from our cottage.
Stay safe.
Happy Thursday.
Oh no….not your flowers! That is heartbreaking. I know how you love your flowers. You really are getting inundated with storms lately. There have been quite a few north of us, too, but here…..drips and drops. So the hand watering will continue.
Safe travels over the mountains to Walmart! ;)
We are so over this. Yesterday and today are even worse because the rain is from Elsa. It’s non-stop. Flood warnings everywhere.
Stay safe, Donna.
oh, what a shame to lose those beautiful flowers, especially after all your hard work. sorry.
glad the robins are weathering the storms.
wish we had those hours-long thunderstorms! ours last minutes … like ten minutes yesterday … not enough.
hope the trip goes well and don’s auditions are successful (they should be)!
know you enjoy painting and reading. glad you have supplies for both.
no big news here. ready for a weekend. :)
kathy in iowa
You don’t wish you had this. Trust me. It’s been over 72 hours of rain and storms and flooding – everywhere.
Stay safe, Kathy.
The storms have been horrible here also. They do just beat up the flowers. The dreaded WalMart has been great for grocery pickup this past year. Just don’t like going inside the store.
It’s the most depressing store! We had to go in to hit the bathroom, otherwise I would have avoided it.
Stay safe, Linda.
Hello. Same insane weather in Michigan. Sooo much rain. Can’t mow, my beautiful flowers are being broken down as well. I am sick of it, but then my son in San Fran is concerned about their drought so? We also have lots of different birds nesting. Most of them don’t mind our presence but the robins get so noisy! Going out now to place my 3 umbrellas over potted plants. Afraid those flowers will rot. Take care.
Robins can be very noisy and aggressive!
Stay safe, Penny.
I have to say we also used the dreaded WM for grocery pick up the past 15 mos. Haven’t been inside one for a few years, though. But, their pick up system is really good!!
We received about 1/2 inch of rain yesterday. Welcome, but not enough. It seems like people are getting either way too much, or not nearly enough. No “just right”. The drought here continues. BUT, our high temp today is supposed to be 69* & then 70’s til Tues!
Hope you had a good trip! Take care.
P.S. The bird book you mentioned yesterday is one my daughter got me for this past Christmas. You will love the pages about nesting Robins! Enjoy!!
I’m going to read that section today, Chris. xo
Since we eat a lot of vegetarian plant-based food, Walmart – predictably – doesn’t carry the things we want. But I agree, their system is very efficient.
I cannot even estimate how much rain we’ve had. It’s endless. And much of it is due to Elsa.
Stay safe, Chris.
We will be having triple digit weather for the next 5 days. I wish we would get some rain notice I said some…. Have fun filming. Do we get to see it?
I love your paintings.
No, you don’t get to see it! It’s an audition – and that’s between Don and the producers – not for public viewing.
Thanks Rose.
Stay safe.
Sending good vibes your way for success with the ring light and the audition that follows it. I can feel your pain on the bent blooms. I’m not sure my hydrangeas will ever stand tall again after last week’s rain at home. Up here not much to hurt.
Thanks for the good wishes on Rick. After a very good day yesterday, which included meeting the urologist and scheduling the surgery for Monday, we enjoyed time in Petoskey, walking around, visiting a gallery, a nice dinner in a restaurant — which was my very first and a little weird. I have hardly seen a mask here in Michigan that isn’t attached to either my face, Rick’s or a medical person. We thought we’d be fine till Monday but around 3 in the morning he woke to screaming pain — worse than ever before — and equally bad nausea. At 5 we left for the Charlevoix ER because that’s where his doc does surgeries and we hoped they might be able to do his as an emergency. It was a harrowing ride — an hour of tight S-curves in the fog, worrying about deer and Rick screaming in pain when he wasn’t throwing up in a bag. TMI. Sorry. But they did do an ER surgery on him with his doc and now he’s sleeping off the general anesthetic back at the cottage. I’ll be hitting bed soon, too. I’m not a 3 a.m. riser — especially since we were watching “Vintage Roads Great and Small” till 11:30. I’ll sleep tonight!
Thanks for asking!
Poor Rick! That must have been awful. Thank goodness he had the surgery and can now heal.
Love to you both, Jeanie.
Stay safe.