I worked out in the yard yesterday morning for a couple of
hours. Yea me! I know, this doesn’t sound like such a huge
major thing. However, I live in the
Texas Gulf Plains where it is hot and humid a lot. In fact, Hot and Humid are our descriptive
words for most everything. How’s things with you? HOT,
things are HOT and HUMID. What have you been up to? Are you
kidding? It’s HOT and HUMID here –
nothing.
Now, in addition to it being HOT and HUMID, we have been
invaded by mosquitoes. And I’m not sure
why they’re here – for the past many months, at least at my house, we’ve only
had small amounts of rain with many-long-weeks-of-dry-no-rain-or-even-thoughts-of-rain
in-between. No standing water. No ponds.
No water garden containers. And,
I’m not talking about the odd one or two annoying, terrible, attacking,
blood-sucking things. No, no, I’m
talking about dozens of hundreds. They
have been beating on the windows for heaven sake. Walking outside is taking your life in your
hands.
However, yesterday I had several things I needed to
accomplish outside so I dressed for the situation.
No? Well, I thought
about this …………. but decided I’d be a little puddle of sweat before leaving the
garage.
I did settle on long jeans and a heavy t-shirt and then
covered my clothes and every bit of exposed skin with mosquito repellent. And, not the “natural” stuff – I dipped
myself in DEET. And, I just hate
that. Honestly, something that makes my
eyes, nose, and throat burn just breathing it can’t possibly be good for my
skin. I do know there are many plants
that can help control mosquitoes – I have several in the back yard. However, when it’s as bad as this – no other
option is considered.
Then, I spent two and a half hours, repotting, moving, and
fertilizing plants. And, was back inside
by 9:30am.
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| Plants for my daughter. |
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| Plants fertilized |
How was your weekend?
Take care
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