Did you see it?

A “Blue Moon“ isn’t so rare.

It would have been my excuse to do something unusual. I was (am) content to follow my normal ritual: Birds, garden, blog, email, television, etc., etc. (“Boring”!!!!)

Striking images from around the world.

For the first time in a month (or more), it was possible to turn off the air-conditioner over night, leave the door open, only the screen door between me and the outdoors. As TV meteorologist said “relatively dry” (low humidity). Door still open–at eight-thirty–as I bask in enjoyable seventy-nine degrees indoors (with my cup of coffee). I coulda, shoulda, woulda pulled weeds, or weed-whacked, but didn’t.

Received my electric bill yesterday; almost had a heart attack!! So, I’m also basking in the knowledge that I’m saving a few pennies this morning while the air-conditioner is taking a brief vacation. Furthermore (speaking of “basking”), I’m so extremely grateful the air-conditioner could be repaired and not a costly replacement!

“Hallelujah!!” 

The air-conditioner seems to be working efficiently this morning. It’s nine o’clock as I write this and I’m wearing a jacket because it feels so cold inside my trailer home. Frankly, I call it a miracle that the air-conditioner is functioning after yesterday’s seeming melt-down.

Thinking about “resurrected life,” it was a good time to take pictures of plants that I believed were dead–but, gratefully, are blooming and/or producing veggies.

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After filling bird feeders, watering plants, and fresh water in the fountain/bird bath, I was forced indoors due to the humidity. Atmospheric conditions play havoc with television reception. That message appears frequently on my TV screen. I can live without television; I cannot survive without air-conditioning. I have no explanation for non-function of A/C yesterday afternoon. Quite simply: Just too hot outdoors; it couldn’t compete??? ~~ No relief from the heat (according to meteorologist’); this afternoon may be a re-run.

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In this heat, almost (almost “almost”) want to become a nudist (inside my home). Too much information?? Furthermore, I’m suffering with a cold because of the yo-yo temperatures. Almost naked last night, jacket this morning!!!!

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…at eight-thirty in the morning. No rain in sight; just hot sticky humidity!!

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Remember the saying “Houston, we have a problem”?? ~~ Well, eighty miles from Houston (more or less), “Lorraine, you have a problem.”

I spent the afternoon in the CARE Center with a good book and a very informative seminar with our wonderful nurse practitioner. I came “home” to check the temperature–and will promptly return to the air-conditioned CARE Center.

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True story: I lived on the Mojave Desert of Southern California for over forty years. I never suffered from the heat the way I suffer in Texas.

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By opening the door, there was perceived relief–in some small measure. The inside of my trailer home felt like a sauna!!

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It’s a miracle!! When I went to bed–about ten–the trailer was “an oven.” I honestly believed the air-conditioner was defunct. What a wonderful surprise!! 

Television commercials are advertising Windows 10. “No, thank you; I’ll stay with Windows 7.” Briefly, I had Windows 8 (with my brand-new [threes years ago] laptop) but it was “driving me crazy” (I don’t “swipe”). I returned the purchase and looked for Windows 7. ~~ I’ve been using computers for decades; I started… prior to the introduction of Windows 3.0. I’m truly an “old-timer.” My first computer was an IBM-PC Jr.

I don’t have a “smart phone“; I have an old-fashioned simple cell flip phone. I don’t own a Kindle or IOS device. I sit with a magazine, or book, when I want to read. Well, in the interest of full disclosure: I read a lot of information–from the Internet–on my laptop computer screen. (I had to search for details about IOS devices and smart phone.)

Only recently, I joined the Facebook community because I want to support the Escapees CARE Facebook page. I don’t Twitter, text, and all those things that fill the hours for many individuals. I garden (just follow my blog); I love to spend time on my laptop computer preparing blog messages (about my garden and/or the weather). Family history still fascinates me (check my website Frantz Families–Kith & Kin). ~~ I’m a bird watcher; the birds eat better than I do!!

Just curious!!

Totally unrelated: Where are the Hummingbirds?? There are flowers in my garden, and fresh nectar in the feeder, but no Hummingbirds. ~~ Dozens of other birds….
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*Rhetorical question.

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Where do you want to spend Eternity?

In my humble opinion, avoid “the alternative” at all costs!!

A “cousin” contacted me…

and I spent Sunday afternoon at the computer, on Ancestry.com, trying to graft his branch to my Frantz tree.

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It was a beastly HOT afternoon and the best way to spend my time was sitting virtually motionless in front of an oscillating fan. Air-conditioner was laboring… but no match for the 99 and 100 degrees outdoors and 87-88 degrees indoors. The “feels like” temperature was over 100 degrees. (Forgive me, I’m repeating myself. I’ve bored you to death with blogs about the heat.)