Absolutely nothing of merit accomplished this morning!!!!!! The ritual visit in the garden followed by preparation of Cooper’s Hawk visitor blog. ~~ I’m delighted to see new growth on the Christmas Cactus. I absconded with it–from the CARE dining room. It has been languishing for twenty months: No growth, no blooms. I had great success–in North Carolina–with Christmas Cactus’ and want to coax this one to bloom. It’s hanging from a branch, in the shade, near the picnic table. ~~ Actually, 92 degrees outdoors (at one o’clock) in deep shade but the meteorologist said factor in another five degrees for heat index. ~~ My poor thermometer was registering 112 degrees in the sun!!!! ~~ One o’clock and I’m finally going to fix brunch. I’d rather garden, and blog, then eat!!

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Postscript, 6:18 PM: The Houston TV meteorologist just said (6:17) “Livingston ‘feels like’ 101 degrees.”

Confession: I’m discouraged!! It’s 7:00 pm and I just watered most of my plants. They were fine this morning but a wilted sad sight this evening. It isn’t officially “summer” and I fear my garden may not survive!!