Nothing like a holiday to clear out the peops

[susandennis]

The gym was deserted. Even my car whined about being lonely in the parking lot. The robot was not on duty. The traffic was totally missing. I suspect tomorrow will be more of the same.

When I was a kid in North Carolina, July 4 marked the very middle of Summer. We were sun baked by then. We didn't have Memorial Day in the South. Easter started pre-Summer. And Summer started soon after (depending on how late or early Easter was). But July 4 was the middle and Labor Day was the end. Here in Seattle, July 5 is touted as the beginning of Summer or the beginning of the really hot weather anyway. When I first moved here Labor Day saw an end to that. Now it's usually a couple of weeks after Labor Day when the temperatures drop. Long, hot Summers are not my thing. So today I start the countdown towards mid-September and relief.

But, meanwhile, here in the real world, it's still a lovely cool morning. The sun is coming up so that won't last long but at least it's here now. And I'm grateful.

I got two chive plants last weekend and potted them together and left them outside on the terrace. They got happy fast. Last night I cut the tops off for my dinner and this morning one of them has already sprouted two inches over the rest. I have a successful chive farm!! I don't really like or use many other herbs but I do love chives on lots of stuff so I'm quite jazzed about this.

I just saw where a woman in Texas shot a guy who attempted to hijack her car with her kids in it. I predict this woman will become the patron saint of the NRA and her act will insure that everyone in this country who wants to will be able to carry and wield whatever gun they want where ever they want whenever they want for centuries to come. Thoughts and prayers will abound. Sigh.

Today is errand day. Mainly I need to go to the post office. I need to weigh a package to compare to the flat rate shipping. This means I cannot use the little post office up the street - they don't have a self serve mail scale. I'll need to get in the car which means I'll need to stop at Grocery Outlet because it's right there. I need to buy a little scale.

Comments

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

Reading about chives makes me think about baked potatoes.

[susandennis]

And scrambled eggs and potato salad and cottage cheese and chive butter and ...

[coffeeguy777.livejournal.com]

I guess we’ll be going back to the wild,Wild West

[sweetmeow]

Interesting when summer begins ... truly it DOES depend upon where you live!

Hilton Head: Summer begins in late April / beginning of May, depending on the weather. School gets out in May, so that probably would be considered the true beginning of summer, so like you in NC - July 4th is the middle of summer. But, middle is relative. Summer lasts long way into September. Spring is early -- sometimes late February / early March, before the calendar "spring"!

Long Island: summer begins 4th of July. School gets out the end of June - graduation is the last weekend of June. Right now we're heavy into summer, though -- it's in the 90s. There is a flurry of activity for Memorial Day, but, in a way, it's the beginning of spring. Spring is a strange season here -- it's always cool and damp.

Like you, I'm not a fan of long days of heat.

[meowmensteen]

My guy has said countless times that it's a good thing that he doesn't carry a gun, because he would have shot somebody by now. I believe him, I've had to stop him from punching people enough times. In the heat of the moment, it might seem satisfying to shoot that guy who cut you off, but after you go home and cool off your emotions, you're probably glad that you didn't.