I’m afraid my walk thoughts will have to wait until tonight as I didn’t wake up until after 8 (no chocolate ads please)
I went to bed exhausted last night, only to wake at 1.50am, but went straight back to sleep. Even Maggie didn’t stir until I did this morning.
I remember the summer of 1976, the hottest on record at the time. I was in a caravan with the fiancé-ex-husband-to-be and it was sweltering, but nothing like this. We Brits just aren’t used to it, however, at least there is a slight breeze today.
Today and tomorrow are warned as being the hottest days of the year, and with the temperature already at 22º , it is just too hot to go out now so we’ll have our long walk this evening before bedtime.
Yet another day of staying indoors and trying to keep cool. Poor Maggie is feeling it worst, and being black, can get no respite, so is restless unless she’s managed to find somewhere cool enough to sleep.
The garden is shrivelling, so I’ve been outside with the hose. Just the sound of the water spray is refreshing, and no doubt the roses and veg crops relished their shower.
Despite our extra wash loads and showers, our utility readings are on a par with our budget, so that at least is a blessing.
We have a new invasion now of thunderbugs, hundreds of little black flies driven in by the heat, attracted to sweaty skin and light colours. They are a pain, but we can deal with them. The citronella candles seem to be working and we are hoovering up corpses from the window sills every day. As for the other, we’re getting there.
Yes I do remember the summer of ’76. It was sweltering up in Yorkshire too.
Is there a breeze at the beach? It is one place here where we can always cool down a bit. 🙂
The breeze will come in off the water, but the sand and pavements are so hot, Maggie would burn her feet. We’ve moved our chairs and her cushion away from the window and out of the direct sun.
I hope you find some respite.
Luckily for LM she Loves the heat – and you know how hot it can get over here! I find her actively sunbathing on the hottest days! Noo Noo! 😀
Ha! Barney was a sun worshipper too. He would love to lie out in the sunshine by the garage door (which was a bright yellow too) with his belly to the sky, then he’d roll over and toast the other side!
The chickens used to love to sunbathe too come to think of it, and we saw one of the geese in the exact same pose dozing in the sun with their wings spread out behind them.
It is funny to see a bird sunbathe. 😀
The first time I did, I thought it was dead.
😀
If it isn’t one bug it’s another. We had some teeny tiny red ants on the second floor munching in Mollie’s food dish. Yikes!
One ant comes in and never leaves! We’re used to them and so far, no more ants indoors.
None of the ones I saw left and I haven’t seen them again but I haven’t put the food dish back at the same spot either.
Sensible. We used permethrin (ant powder) in the straw against red mites when we had chickens and never had a problem.
That’s deadly to cats so I can’t use it but there are some other things. There is a “pet friendly” spray I used in April when I had the downstairs ants and they never came back.
Good stuff then. We’ve been careful with our treatments because of Maggie.
Dogs aren’t affected by it, just cats. It’s always more complicated with pets.
Hubby always reads the small print, as we don’t want to hurt Maggie (or course), birds, bees, or any other wildlife. The earth stuff I asked about a few posts ago is on order.
Did you type that right? I believe 22 Celsius equals 71.6 Fahrenheit, which is quite comfortable, at least to me. Are your temps normally lower than ours? Our temps have been hovering around 86-88 Fahrenheit, which is really tough to take, especially on humid days. But at least it’s not 115 Fahrenheit like my niece in Arizona is experiencing.
Hubby and I hate the heat, 22 degrees was indoors early this morning, some three degrees less than when I turned the light off last night at 11 o’clock. Apparently it is going to be hotter over the next few days, though they said that about today, and it’s a little cooler indoors at 24 degrees.
In the winter, we keep the house at 18 degrees which is comfortable for us.
Oh blimey, I feel for your niece!!!!
Ah, I didn’t realize that was the INSIDE temp! That is a bit warmer than I would like, too.
It’s been cooler today, but it’s getting hotter now (5.30 pm) so I reckon it’s going to be another muggy night
ugh
you could say that……….. 😀